Experimental demonstration of thermoacoustic energy conversion in a resonator

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6 2, 2004, Pages

  Biwa, Tetsushi ^a   Tashiro, Yusuke ^a   Mizutani, Uichiro ^a   Kozuka, Motoki ^a   Yazaki, Taichi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ATTENUATION; DAMPING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POWER AMPLIFIERS; STIRLING CYCLE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMAL ATTENUATION; THERMOACOUSTIC DAMPING; THERMOACOUSTIC HEAT ENGINES; TRAVELING WAVE COMPONENT (TWC);

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY;

EID: 37649027164     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.066304     Document Type: Article

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