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Influence of working fluid on the performance of a standing-wave thermoacoustic prime mover

Hao, XH and Ju, YL and Behera, Upendra and Kasthurirengan, S (2011) Influence of working fluid on the performance of a standing-wave thermoacoustic prime mover. In: Cryogenics, 51 (9). pp. 559-561.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2011.07.004

Abstract

The thermoacoustic prime mover (TAPM) is an attractive alternative as a pressure wave generator to drive Pulse Tube Cryocoolers (PTCs), by the absence of moving parts, construction simplicity, reasonable efficiency, and environmental friendly. Decreasing the resonance frequency and improving the efficiency of the TAPM are important to drive the PTCs. These are controlled by the working gas parameters other than the dimensions of TAPM. In this technical note, the experimental studies carried out to evaluate the influence of different working fluids on the performances of a twin standing wave TAPM at various operating pressures have been compared with the simulation studies of the same system using DeltaEc wherever possible. The reasonably good agreement between them indicates the utility of DeltaEc for the optimal design of TAPM with the right working fluids for practical applications. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Cryogenics
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords: Standing-wave;Thermoacoustics;Prime mover;Working fluids; Pulse Tube Cryocooler
Department/Centre: Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for Cryogenic Technology
Date Deposited: 03 Nov 2011 08:39
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2011 08:39
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/41659

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