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1、ProgressinEnergyandCombustionScience37(2011)583e610ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectProgressinEnergyandCombustionSciencejournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/pecsReviewAdvancesandchallengesinthedevelopmentofpower-generationsystemsatsmallscalesab,
2、*DavidC.Walther,JeongminAhnaCobaltTechnologies,MountainView,CA94043,USAbDepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineering,SyracuseUniversity,Syracuse,NY13244,USAarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:Theminiaturizationofelectro-mechanicaldevices,andtheresulting
3、needformicro-powergenerationReceived4April2010(milliwattstowatts)withlowweight,longlifedevices,hasleadtotherecentdevelopmentofthefieldofAccepted8December2010micro-scalecombustionandpowergeneration.TheprimaryobjectiveofthisnewfieldistoleveragetheAvailable
4、online21January2011highenergydensityoffuels,specificallyliquidhydrocarbonfuelsrelativetobatteriesandallotherenergystoragedevicesotherthannuclearfission,fusionordecay.Assuch,aminiaturizeddeviceevenKeywords:withamoderatelyefficientconversionofhydrocarbonfue
5、lstopowerwouldresultinincreasedlifetimeSmall-scalethermochemicalsystemand/orreducedweightofanelectronicormechanicalsystemthatarecurrentlymostoftenpoweredbyMicro-fabricationelectrochemicalcells.Furthermore,improvementsinthisfieldmaymakepossiblenovelappli
6、cationsMicro-scalepowergenerationPowerMEMSand/orcapability.Inadditiontotheinterestinminiaturization,thefieldisalsodrivenbythepotentialFuelcellfabricationofthedevicesusingMicro-Electro-MechanicalSystems(MEMS)orrapidprototypingtech-Environmentaleffectniqu
7、es,withtheirfavorablecharacteristicsformassproductionand/orlowunitcost.Themicro-powergenerationfieldisveryyoung,andstillisinmostcasesinthefeasibilitystage.However,consideringthatitisanewfrontieroftechnologicaldevelopment,andthatonlyafewprojectshavebeenf
8、unded,itcanbesaidthatsignificantprogresshasbeenmadetodate.Currentlythereisconsensus,atleastamongthoseworkinginthefield,thatcombustionatthemicro-scaleispossiblewithproperthermalandchemicalmanagement.Severalmeso-scaleandmicro-scalecombustor
