Constructal design of stack filled with parallel plates in standing-wave thermo-acoustic cooler

Cryogenics

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 107-111

  Wu, Feng ^a,b   Chen, Lingen ^b   Shu, Anqing ^a   Kan, Xuxian ^a,b   Wu, Kun ^a   Yang, Zhichun ^a,b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Constructal design; Parallel plates; Thermo acoustic cooler

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; STANDING WAVE METERS;

CHANNEL SIZES; CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; COOLING LOADS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; MAXIMUM COOLING; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; PARALLEL PLATES; THERMO-ACOUSTIC COOLER;

DESIGN;

EID: 59849103064     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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