The number of studies on spray and combustion characteristics in IC (internal combustion) engines using optical techniques has rapidly increased in the past few years due to an increase in the number of alternative fuels and stricter emission standard regulations. This study investigates better...

An unsteady state analysis of a liquid solar collector is presented. The physical parameters, which govern the system, are identified. The governing equations have been solved using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method for various values of the parameters. The analysis is carried out for both...

The concept of external fired micro gas turbine (EFMGT) using biomass fuels is getting more attention in the last two decades. However, most of the studies were conducted using computer simulation to evaluate the EFMGT systems with a lack of experimental studies. A small scale EFMGT was...

Biomass gasification presents highly interesting possibilities for expanding the utilization of biomass as power generation using internal combustion engines or turbines. However, the need to reduce the tar in the producer gas is very important. The successful application of producer gas depends...

The combustion difficulties for low heating value (LHV) gases derived from biomass fuels via a gasification process have led to more investigations into LHV gas combustors. Cyclone combustors provide good air/fuel mixing with long residence times. In this study, a small-scale pressurized cyclone...

Recently, there has been wide-ranging research on the idea of biomass fuel powered externally firing micro gas turbines; but only a small subset of these studies has used experimental work to evaluate the systems. These systems have not yet been employed in Malaysia for applications in thermal...

Externally fired heat engines were used widely since helium the industrial revolution using dirty solid fuels for example coal, due to the lack of refined fuels. However, with the availability of clean fuels, external firing mode was abandoned, except for steam power plants. Lately, with the...