Application of Combustion in Porous Inert Medium to Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity and Excess Enthalpy Combustion Similarity to both Single and Multi-channels

다공체 내 연소의 열광전 발전에의 적용과 단일, 다중채널 및 다공체 내 초과 엔탈피 연소의 상사성

Thermophotovoltaics is the direct energy conversion technology from thermal to electric (voltaic) energy via photon radiation, without any thermodynamic cycle. It is, in general, accomplished by immersing solid body in high temperature heat source (e.g. combustion field), in order to achieve high intensity irradiation, and by receiving the radiation thereof on photovoltaic cells. In this paper, advantages of combustion in porous inert medium in applying to the thermophotovoltaics are discussed in a view of its excess enthalpy features. In addition, the similarities of flame behaviors in porous inert medium to both in single and multi-channels are described.