Thermo Acoustic Engines and Refrigerators

Book Id: WPLBN0000154566
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Thermo Acoustic Engines and Refrigerators
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt: Thermoacoustic effects, which convert heat energy to sound, have been known for over a hundred years. They have generally been considered mere curiosities, but in the early 1980s our engine research group at Los Alamos, led by John Wheatley, began to consider thermoacoustic effects as a practical way to make efficient engines. One serious impediment to rapid progress on our experimental Malone engines was the large number of precision moving parts required. While looking for simpler engine designs, we came across the work of Peter Ceperley at George Mason University, who had realized that the timing between pressure...

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