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Power MEMS and microengines
- Source :
- Proceedings of International Solid State Sensors and Actuators Conference (Transducers '97).
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2002.
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Abstract
- MIT is developing a MEMS-based gas turbine generator. Based on high speed rotating machinery, this 1 cm diameter by 3 mm thick SiC heat engine is designed to produce 10-20 W of electric power while consuming 10 grams/hr of H/sub 2/. Later versions may produce up to 100 W using hydrocarbon fuels. The combustor is now operating and an 80 W micro-turbine has been fabricated and is being tested. This engine can be considered the first of a new class of MEMS device, power MEMS, which are heat engines operating at power densities similar to those of the best large scale devices made today.
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of International Solid State Sensors and Actuators Conference (Transducers '97)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2d3e8412444ee30e99ebcd28091f2225
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/sensor.1997.635209