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Development of a 3 kW double-acting thermoacoustic Stirling electric generator
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In this paper, a double-acting thermoacoustic Stirling electric generator is proposed as a new device capable of converting external heat into electric power, which can be used in many energy area, such as solar energy, industrial waste heat and so on.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2014-12-31. It has received 63 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermoacoustic heat engine & Thermoacoustics.read more
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Stirling cycle engines for recovering low and moderate temperature heat: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the research development of Stirling cycle engines for recovering low and moderate temperature heat is presented, which includes four types of engines: kinetic, thermoacoustic, free-piston, and liquid piston types.
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Development of a 5 kW traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator
TL;DR: In this paper, a traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator is proposed, which consists of a multi-stage traveling wave thermo-acoustic heat engine and linear alternators, which is capable of converting thermal energy to acoustic power with advantage of heat source flexibility, reliability and efficiency.
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Technological challenges and optimization efforts of the Stirling machine: A review
TL;DR: It is concluded that multi-objective optimizations methods are useful for predicting geometric and working parameters that corresponding to the optimal performances of the Stirling engine.
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A two-stage traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator with loudspeakers as alternators
TL;DR: In this paper, a traveling-wave thermo-acoustic electric generator was designed, constructed and tested, and two low-impedance linear alternators were installed to extract and convert the engine's acoustic power to electricity.
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Review on the conversion of thermoacoustic power into electricity
TL;DR: A review of the four main methods to convert the (thermo)acoustic power into electricity is provided in this article, focusing on possible configurations, operating characteristics, output performance, and analytical and numerical methods to study the devices.
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Thermoacoustics: A Unifying Perspective for Some Engines and Refrigerators
TL;DR: The Atomic Processes in Plasmas Conference as mentioned in this paper is a bi-annual international conference on topics covering high-energy density plasmas, magnetically confined fusion, astrophysical plasms, fundamental atomic data and advanced modeling and plasma diagnostics, where international researchers share cutting-edge results in plasma creation, plasma experiments and plasma modeling.
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A pistonless Stirling engine—The traveling wave heat engine
TL;DR: In this paper, the ideal gain and maximum energy conversion rates were derived for differentially heated regenerators and the low power gain measurements were made to verify the derived gain equation and practical engines and heat pumps using this principle.
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Traveling wave thermoacoustic engine in a looped tube
TL;DR: In this article, a thermoacoustic engine consisting of a differentially heated stack of plates in a looped tube and observed spontaneous gas oscillations of the traveling wave mode running around the loop was built.
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Traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator
TL;DR: In this paper, a traveling-wave thermo-acoustic electric generator was designed for use with an electrodynamic linear alternator, which can convert high-temperature heat to acoustic power with high efficiency.
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Travelling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator using an ultra-compliant alternator for utilization of low-grade thermal energy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator, which employs a looped-tube travelling-wave engine to convert thermal energy into acoustic power, an ultra-compliant alternator within the engine loop to extract and convert the engine acoustic power to electricity, and an acoustic stub matching technique to match the alternator to the engine.