Design and optimization of thermoacoustic devices

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3585-3598

  Babaei, Hadi ^a   Siddiqui, Kamran ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design procedure; Sustainable refrigerator; Thermoacoustics

Indexed keywords

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; WASTE HEAT;

CASE STUDIES; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; COMPUTER CODES; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATIONS; DESIGN PROCEDURE; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEAT ENERGIES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOUND ENERGIES; SUSTAINABLE REFRIGERATOR; THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINES; THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATORS; THERMOACOUSTICS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 54049146227     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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