Experimental studies of a thermoacoustic Stirling prime mover and its application to a cooler

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1134-1141

  Ueda, Y ^a   Biwa, T ^a   Mizutani, U ^a   Yazaki, T ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REGENERATORS; RESONATORS;

THERMOACOUSTIC COOLERS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

ACOUSTICS; COOLING SYSTEM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; HEAT EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 1542286779     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1649333     Document Type: Article

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