A Study of Fuel and Reactor Design for Platinum Nanoparticle Catalyzed Microreactors

Figure 2

Images of (a) the cylindrical reactor used for the alternative fuel study and (d) the rectangular reactor used for the MTC device study. The rectangular reactor was designed to accommodate a (c) catalytic substrate identical to that used in the alternative fuel studies. Cross section schematics show the catalytic substrate inside (b) the cylindrical reactor and (e) microcombustion-thermoelectric coupled (MTC) device assembly. An exhaust tube was added to the rectangular reactor exit. The assembly in (e) schematic represents a top-down view.