Demonstration of a Self-Powered Boiler Concept Based on Emitter-less Thermophotovoltaic Power Generation

Heat transfer and thermophotovoltaic power generation in oil-fired heating systems

“…Following the System I tests, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation was done to better understand heat transfer in the combustion chamber. This simulation included oil droplet trajectories, vaporization and mixing, combustion, and radiant heat transfer [18]. The key result of this study was that the convective heat transfer from the products of combustion was much less significant than the radiant heat transfer from the luminous flame and the chamber walls.…”