Effectiveness of parallel-plate heat exchangers in thermoacoustic devices

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2873-2886

  Wakeland, Ray Scott ^a   Keolian, Robert M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; HEAT TRANSFER; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

HEAT TRANSFER RATE; PARALLEL PLATE DEVICES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2942637507     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1710503     Document Type: Article

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