 Study of a liquid-piston traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine with different working gasesDong-Hui Li, Yan-Yan Chen, Er-Cang Luo and Zhang-Hua Wu Energy, 2014, vol. 74, issue C, 158-163 Abstract: Thermoacoustic technology is becoming increasingly attractive because of its high reliability and environmental friendliness. The double-acting traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine using liquid pistons, proposed by our group, can improve the thermoacoustic conversion efficiency further and yield a more compact engine. In this study, three different environmentally friendly working gases, helium, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, were studied experimentally, primarily in terms of thermoacoustic conversion parameters, including the onset temperature, the resonant frequency, and the pressure ratio, under different working mean pressures. Results show that the working gas significantly influences thermoacoustic performance. They also suggest a very encouraging application prospect for this novel thermoacoustic heat engine. Finally, we performed theoretical analysis to better understand thermoacoustic conversion with the different working gases. Keywords: Double-acting; Thermoacoustic heat engine; Gas–liquid oscillation; Liquid piston; Working gas (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:74:y:2014:i:c:p:158-163 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.034 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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