Development of Micro Flowreactor, a Device for Evaluating Combustion Characteristics of Fuels in Automobiles
Group of researchers at Tohoku University in Collaboration with IHI has successfully developed “Micro Flowreactor” a fuel characterization device for evaluating combustion characteristics such as gasoline in automobiles through use of micro combustion technologies which enables the gas combustion with in a narrow tube where flames can be survived. The Micro Flowreactor is used for measuring the octane ratings an essential measurement for engine development. The newly developed consists of air-fuel mixture generating system, a small-inside-diameter glass tube, an external heater and imaging device with special optical filters. The way it works is that the temperature of air-fuel mixture within micro-diameter glass tube increases as it goes toward downstream where a temperature is maintained at high level due to an external heater. Read more
