Experimental study on the performance of the thermoacoustic refrigerating system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2672-2679

  Nsofor, Emmanuel C ^a   Ali, Azrai ^a  

^a Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Operational parameters; Performance; Thermal response; Thermoacoustic refrigeration

Indexed keywords

COOLING LOAD; ELECTRONIC DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH PRESSURE; MAXIMUM COOLING; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM FREQUENCY; PERFORMANCE; PLASTIC TUBE; REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMOACOUSTIC; THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ALUMINA; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COOLING;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 67349278531     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.12.036     Document Type: Article

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