Design of a thermoacoustic heat engine for low temperature waste heat recovery in food manufacturing: A thermoacoustic device for heat recovery

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 588-596

  Mumith, J A ^a   Makatsoris, C ^a   Karayiannis, T G ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food Manufacturing; Heat recovery technology; Simulation; Thermoacoustic heat engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894521796     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.042     Document Type: Article

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