Experimental investigation of a traveling-wave refrigerator

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 823 II, Issue , 2006, Pages 1123-1130

  Luo, E C ^a   Dai, W ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Ling, H ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustical streaming; Stirling cycle; Thermoacoustic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845420614     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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