On flame propagation in narrow channels with enhanced wall thermal conduction

A Veeraragavan - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of orthotropic wall materials, which have enhanced thermal conductivity in the
axial direction, on the flame speed is explored via an analytical model in a parallel plate …

Flame speed predictions in planar micro/mesoscale combustors with conjugate heat transfer

A Veeraragavan, CP Cadou - Combustion and Flame, 2011 - Elsevier
An analytical model for flame stabilization in meso-scale channels is developed by solving
the two-dimensional partial differential equations associated with heat transport in the gas …

Experimental demonstration of a novel approach to increase power conversion potential of a hydrocarbon fuelled, portable, thermophotovoltaic system

X Kang, A Veeraragavan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel, compact mesoscale thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power generating system using a
combination of porous media combustion and a simple band-pass filtering method has been …

Use of the method of manufactured solutions for the verification of conjugate heat transfer solvers

A Veeraragavan, J Beri, RJ Gollan - Journal of Computational Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper demonstrates the use of the method of manufactured solutions to verify the
implementation of tightly coupled conjugate heat transfer for fluid–solid solvers. The …

Flame dynamics in a stepped micro-combustor for non-adiabatic wall conditions

M Malushte, S Kumar - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2019 - Elsevier
Flame stabilization in micro scale combustors has generated significant research interest to
develop combustion-based power generators for microelectromechanical (MEMS) systems …

Recent Advancements in Microcombustion-Based Power Generators

B Aravind, B Khandelwal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com
The limitations posed by electrochemical batteries due to their lower power densities, bulky
volumes, and environmental hazards from their disposal have promoted the development of …

Theoretical study of conjugate heat transfer effects on temperature profiles in parallel flow with embedded heat sources

A Veeraragavan, C Cadou - International journal of heat and mass transfer, 2010 - Elsevier
A two-dimensional model for heat transfer in a “simulated flame” modeled as an embedded
heat source is developed along with an analytical solution that relates the temperature field …

Analytical modeling of hydrogen–air mixture in a catalytic microchannel

JA Esfahani, SA Fanaee - Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
In the present study, the surface catalytic reaction in a microchannel with nonreactive
hydrogen–air flow is investigated. Here, the microchannel wall is coated with a catalyst. A …

The analytical modeling of propane-oxygen mixture at catalytic micro-channel

SA Fanaee, JA Esfahani - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2014 - Springer
In the present work the effect of catalytic surface reaction on non-reactive bulk flow in micro-
channel is investigated. The reaction surface is analyzed with assumption of constant wall …

The normalized analysis of a surface heterogeneous reaction of a propane/air mixture into a micro-channel

A Fanaee, JA Esfahani - Chinese Physics Letters, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of catalytic surface reaction on non-reactive flow in micro-channels is investigated.
The hydraulic diameter of the channel is considered within the range of 0.2–1.2 mm, and the …