Experimental investigation of a thermoacoustic-Stirling refrigerator driven by a thermoacoustic-Stirling heat engine

Ultrasonics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  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

DC flow; Thermoacoustic Stirling heat engine; Thermoacoustic Stirling refrigerator; Traveling wave mode

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRIGERATION; STIRLING ENGINES;

DC-FLOW; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; THERMOACOUSTIC STIRLING REFRIGERATOR; TRAVELING WAVE MODE;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 33845690137     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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