TY - GEN
T1 - Design study of small scale thermoacoustic heat engine
AU - Arafa, Nadim M.
AU - Nouh, Mostafa A.
AU - Abdel-Rahman, Ehab
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - There are several factors that limit the minimum achievable size of thermoacoustic engine. The challenge of choosing the suitable working gas, stack geometry, size and material as well as the convenient temperature difference along the stack is plausibly discussed in this study. Modelling of a device is presented. The study will discuss the influence of the resonator, stack, heat exchangers' geometry and gas pressure on the performance of the heat engine. A quantitative comparison is held between the energy achieved using an array of small scale engines and that achieved using conventional thermoacoustic engines of a similar effective size.
AB - There are several factors that limit the minimum achievable size of thermoacoustic engine. The challenge of choosing the suitable working gas, stack geometry, size and material as well as the convenient temperature difference along the stack is plausibly discussed in this study. Modelling of a device is presented. The study will discuss the influence of the resonator, stack, heat exchangers' geometry and gas pressure on the performance of the heat engine. A quantitative comparison is held between the energy achieved using an array of small scale engines and that achieved using conventional thermoacoustic engines of a similar effective size.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84871462662
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871462662
SN - 9781615677368
T3 - 16th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2009, ICSV 2009
SP - 4901
EP - 4907
BT - 16th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2009, ICSV 2009
T2 - 16th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2009, ICSV 2009
Y2 - 5 July 2009 through 9 July 2009
ER -