Journal of Thermodynamics

Review Article

Potential of Porous-Media Combustion Technology as Applied to Internal Combustion Engines

Table 2

The most important parameters of porous reactor influencing processes in selected application groups as applied to internal combustion engines (see definition of application groups in text).


Parameter	AG1	AG2	AG3	AG4	AG5

pore size	+++	++	++	++	++
pore structure	++	+	+	+	++
thickness of PM reactor	+++	++	++	++	+
diameter of PM reactor	+	+	++	++	+
porosity	+	+	+	+	+
number of junctions in porous reactor	+++	++	++	++	++
gas/liquid flow velocity	+++	+++	++	+++	+++
quality of pores	++	+	+	++	+
spray angle and nozzle hole diameter	++	++		++
injection pressure	++	+		+
injection duration	+	+		+
number of nozzle holes	+++	++		++
reactor homogeneity and nozzle position with respect to the reactor	+++	+++		+++
specific surface area	+	+++	+++	+++	+++
heat capacity		+++	+++	+++	+++
PM reactor temperature		+++	+++	+++	+++
Time	++	+++	+++	+++	+++
interphase heat transfer		+++	+++	+++	+++
microporosity of the surface		++	+++	++	+
mixture composition (λ)	+	++	+++	+++	+
gas pressure	+	+	+	+	++

AG = application group according to definition in text; Maximum value = +++.