Thermal modeling and performance analysis of a thermoacoustic refrigerator

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 782-791

  Holmberg, David G ^a   Chen, G S ^a   Lin, H T ^b   Wo, Andrew M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT LOSSES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATORS;

REFRIGERATORS;

ACOUSTICS; HEAT EXCHANGER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFRIGERANT; REFRIGERATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042068310     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1590971     Document Type: Article

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