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IEEE2012

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A study of solid propellant ignition and combustion of potassium dinitrobenzofuroxanate in Joule-heating pyrotechnical microelectromechanical systems igniters is carried out using a high-speed framing camera. The effect of igniter geometry, propellant form ...

2011

Optimizing Fueling Decisions for Locomotives in Railroad Networks

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

Even though rail transportation is one of the most fuel efficient forms of surface transportation, fueling costs are one of the highest operating cost head for railroad companies. In US, unlike Europe, fueling costs are indeed, by far, the single highest o ...

2011

Thermo-economic modeling of fuel decarbonization processes

François Maréchal, Laurence Tock

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2010

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American Chemical Society2010

Simulation of thermal stresses in anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell stacks. Part II: Loss of gas-tightness, electrical contact and thermal buckling

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Structural stability issues in planar solid oxide fuel cells arise from the mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the components. The stress state at operating temperature is the superposition of several contributions, which differ depe ...

2009

Desensitised fuel cell system

Ravindranathan Thampi

The present invention relates to a system using and/or processing fuel, wherein a catalytically active element is desensitised to impurities present in the fuel. The inventors thus surprisingly found that a fuel processing system, which may be a fuel cell ...

2009

Development and application of an advanced fuel model for the safety analysis of the generation IV gas-cooled fast reactor

Petr Petkevich

Until about the year 2030, current-day nuclear power plants (NPPs) will be replaced by so-called Gen-III or Gen-III+ units, which are mainly based on light water reactor technology. The principal new features are increased safety and improved economical ef ...

EPFL2008

Comparison of 3D reaction rate distributions measured in an optima2 BWR assembly with MCNPX predictions

Rakesh Chawla, Fabian Jatuff, Michaël Plaschy

As part of a joint research programme between the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and swissnuclear, with the co-operation of the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland and fuel suppliers Westinghouse Sweden, measurements and calculations have been made ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Compatibility of screen-printing technology with micro-hotplate for gas sensor and solid oxide micro fuel cell development

Nico de Rooij, Danick Briand

Screen-printing technology is widely used in the field of gas sensors and can also be used to fabricate electrodes for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The compatibility of this technique with micro-hotplate is studied to produce micro sensors and micro SOFC. ...

2006

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