Cool sound: The future of refrigeration? Thermodynamic and heat transfer issues in thermoacoustic refrigeration

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 492-500

  Herman, C ^a   Travnicek, Z ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFRIGERATION; STIRLING ENGINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

LOW TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33644513098     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-005-0046-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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