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Title: 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:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (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):
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. Web.
Backhaus, Scott, & Swift, Greg. Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units. United States.
Backhaus, Scott, and Swift, Greg. Tue . "Thermoacoustic refrigerators and engines comprising cascading stirling thermodynamic units". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1087369.
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year = {Tue Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
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