Truck Thermoacoustic Generator and Chiller

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 04:00:00 EDT 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1026487· OSTI ID:1026487

Keolian, Robert ^[1]

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1. The Pennsylvania State University

This Final Report describes the accomplishments of the US Department of Energy (DOE) cooperative agreement project DE-FC26-04NT42113 - Truck Thermoacoustic Generator and Chiller - whose goal is to design, fabricate and test a thermoacoustic piezoelectric generator and chiller system for use on over-the-road heavy-duty-diesel trucks, driven alternatively by the waste heat of the main diesel engine exhaust or by a burner integrated into the thermoacoustic system. The thermoacoustic system would utilize engine exhaust waste heat to generate electricity and cab air conditioning, and would also function as an auxiliary power unit (APU) for idle reduction. The unit was to be tested in Volvo engine performance and endurance test cells and then integrated onto a Class 8 over-the-road heavy-duty-diesel truck for further testing on the road. The project has been a collaboration of The Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Clean Power Resources Inc., and Volvo Powertrain (Mack Trucks Inc.). Cost share funding was provided by Applied Research Laboratory, and by Clean Power Resources Inc via its grant from Innovation Works - funding that was derived from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Los Alamos received its funding separately through DOE Field Work Proposal 04EE09.

• Research Organization: The Pennsylvania State University
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-04NT42113
• OSTI ID: 1026487
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
AIR CONDITIONING
BURNERS
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
ELECTRICITY
ENGINES
LANL
PERFORMANCE
TESTING
WASTE HEAT