Multi-physics coupling in thermoacoustic devices: A review

G Chen, L Tang, B Mace, Z Yu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latest developments in thermoacoustic devices have demonstrated comparable power
output and efficiency, but higher reliability and lower cost when compared to conventional …

Thermoacoustic Stirling engines: A review

S Zare, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh… - … Journal of Green …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Thermoacoustic Stirling engines (TASEs) are the acoustic equivalents of Stirling
engines. They have attracted much attention from researchers due to their unique features …

A thermoacoustic combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system for waste heat and LNG cold energy recovery

J Xu, E Luo, S Hochgreb - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste energy recovery is crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and alleviating the
increasing demand for central power grids. In the paper, theoretical analyses have been …

Study of a gas-liquid-coupled heat-driven room-temperature thermoacoustic refrigerator with different working gases

J Chi, J Xu, L Zhang, Z Wu, J Hu, E Luo - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a thermoacoustic system, the working gas is the carrier for the conversion between
thermal energy and acoustic power. It is therefore important to explore the influence of …

A thermally-coupled cascade free-piston Stirling engine-based cogeneration system

Y Chen, G Yu, Y Ma, J Xue, F Ahmed, Y Cheng… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Resonant Stirling/thermoacoustic cycle engines show great potential in efficiently recovering
waste heat in small-or micro-scale applications. However, there is a significant research gap …

Study on a heat-driven thermoacoustic refrigerator for low-grade heat recovery

J Xu, E Luo, S Hochgreb - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Recovering low-grade heat from renewable energy sources and waste heat is crucial for
improving energy utilizing efficiency as well as reducing CO 2 emissions. Conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing energy conversion performances in standing-wave thermoacoustic engine with externally forcing periodic oscillations

L Guo, D Zhao, L Cheng, X Dong, J Xu - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work focuses on enhancing thermo-acoustics energy conversion performance
and nonlinear dynamics of heat-driven acoustics oscillations in standing-wave …

A cascade-looped thermoacoustic driven cryocooler with different-diameter resonance tubes. Part Ⅱ: Experimental study and comparison

J Xu, J Hu, Y Sun, H Wang, Z Wu, J Hu, S Hochgreb… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A small-scale, heat-driven cooling system is required for on-site liquefaction of
unconventional natural gas in a distributed station. To meet such demands, we propose a …

[HTML][HTML] Exergy-based methodology to develop design guidelines for performance optimization of a coupled co-axial thermoacoustic refrigerator

K Mazaheri, M Fazli - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 - Elsevier
Performance of thermoacoustic (TA) systems are very complex, and their performance
optimization is a difficult task, and most TA systems have relatively very low efficiencies. The …

Theoretical performance characteristics of a travelling-wave phase-change thermoacoustic engine for low-grade heat recovery

R Yang, A Meir, GZ Ramon - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a critical need for environmentally benign, cost-effective technologies to utilize the
vast amount of untapped low-grade heat sources. In this work, we report a novel travelling …