Journal: Applied Energy, vol. 211, pp. 843-853, 2018.
Title: Performance assessment of catalytic combustion-driven thermophotovoltaic platinum tubular reactor
Authors: Yueh-Heng Li*, Jing-Ru Hong
Rank: 3.6% (5/138), SCI, ENGINEERING: CHEMICAL, 2018.
Impact Factor: 8.426
Citation number: 31 (Web of Science)
FWCI: 1.44 (Scopus)
Abstract: 本研究旨在藉由同時收集輻射器與燃燒室的輻射，提升微型熱光電（micro-TPV）反應器的整體效率，並從燃燒、熱輻射與電力輸出三方面評估系統性能。反應器採用帶有環狀穿孔的鉑管，內腔供氫氣、外腔供甲烷：氫氣擴散性高，可經穿孔將熱量與自由基傳遞至外腔，順利引發甲烷觸媒燃燒；火焰穩定機制則由含間隙分段鉑管的簡化模擬加以解釋。當內腔氫氣當量比0.7、外腔甲烷當量比0.9時，TPV系統有效功率效率為3.24%；加裝反射鏡與回流管後提升至6.32%。
The fuel and radical mass fractions along the axial direction close to the (a) inner and (b) outer surfaces of the segmented platinum reactor in first 2 cm distance.
Highlights:
- ● 穿孔鉑管反應器同時收集輻射器與燃燒室的輻射。
- ● 內腔氫氣可觸發外腔的觸媒甲烷燃燒。
- ● 有效發電效率達 3.24%,加裝反射鏡與回流管後達 6.32%。
