Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units
Abstract
The present invention includes a thermoacoustic assembly and method for improved efficiency. The assembly has a first stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator and at least one additional heat exchanger. The first stage Stirling thermal unit is serially coupled to a first end of a quarter wavelength long coupling tube. A second stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator, and at least one additional heat exchanger, is serially coupled to a second end of the quarter wavelength long coupling tube.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1087369
- Patent Number(s):
- 8468838
- Application Number:
- 12/415,880
- Assignee:
- Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Backhaus, Scott, and Swift, Greg. Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units. United States: N. p., 2013.
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Backhaus, Scott, & Swift, Greg. Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units. United States.
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"Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1087369.
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author = {Backhaus, Scott and Swift, Greg},
abstractNote = {The present invention includes a thermoacoustic assembly and method for improved efficiency. The assembly has a first stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator and at least one additional heat exchanger. The first stage Stirling thermal unit is serially coupled to a first end of a quarter wavelength long coupling tube. A second stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator, and at least one additional heat exchanger, is serially coupled to a second end of the quarter wavelength long coupling tube.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {6}
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