... catalysis can increase hydrocarbon-air reaction rates, improve ignition characteristics, and broaden stability limits. Several radial inflow combustors were micromachined from silicon wafers using deep reactive ion etching and aligned fusion wafer bonding. The 191 mm 3 combustion chambers were filled...

... 2002 01 March 2003 07 06 2004 micromechanical devices gas turbines silicon compounds thermodynamics micromachining The need for a portable microsized power source is increasing with the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous robots and other mobile devices...

... radial inflow combustor designs were examined; a single-zone arrangement and a primary and dilution-zone configuration. Both combustors were micromachined from silicon using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and aligned fusion wafer bonding. Hydrogen-air and hydrocarbon-air combustion were stabilized...

...S. Baik; J. P. Blanchard; M. L. Corradini Micromachined planar orifice nozzles have been developed using MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology and tested with commercially produced diesel injection systems. Such a system, properly designed, may have the capability to improve the spray...