TY - GEN
T1 - Design and testing of a travelling-wave looped-tube engine for low-cost electricity generators in remote and rural areas
AU - Yu, Zhibin
AU - Backhaus, Scott
AU - Jaworski, Artur J.
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - This paper describes the construction and preliminary testing of a low-cost thermoacoustic electricity generator. A travelling-wave thermoacoustic engine with a configuration of a looped-tube resonator is designed and constructed to convert heat to acoustic power. A commercially available, low-cost loudspeaker is adopted to convert the engine's acoustic power to electricity. Preliminary experimental results are presented and discussed in detail. The results show that it is feasible to use commercially available, low-cost loudspeakers as alternators to develop low-cost thermoacoustic generators.
AB - This paper describes the construction and preliminary testing of a low-cost thermoacoustic electricity generator. A travelling-wave thermoacoustic engine with a configuration of a looped-tube resonator is designed and constructed to convert heat to acoustic power. A commercially available, low-cost loudspeaker is adopted to convert the engine's acoustic power to electricity. Preliminary experimental results are presented and discussed in detail. The results show that it is feasible to use commercially available, low-cost loudspeakers as alternators to develop low-cost thermoacoustic generators.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77956847903
SN - 9781563479762
T3 - 7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
BT - 7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
T2 - 7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
Y2 - 2 August 2009 through 5 August 2009
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