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 …

Stirling cycle engines for recovering low and moderate temperature heat: A review

K Wang, SR Sanders, S Dubey, FH Choo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
A review is presented for the research development of Stirling cycle engines for recovering
low and moderate temperature heat. The Stirling cycle engines are categorized into four …

Experimental and numerical study of a liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generator for thermoacoustic power generation

S Zhu, T Wang, C Jiang, Z Wu, G Yu, J Hu… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Combining a thermoacoustic cycle engine with a liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic
(LMMHD) generator will result in a thermal power generation system with no mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Review on the conversion of thermoacoustic power into electricity

MAG Timmer, K de Blok… - The Journal of the …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Thermoacoustic engines convert heat energy into high amplitude acoustic waves and
subsequently into electric power. This article provides a review of the four main methods to …

Development of a 5 kW traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator

T Bi, Z Wu, L Zhang, G Yu, E Luo, W Dai - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Traveling-wave thermoacoustic heat engine is a new type of external combustion heat
engine, which is capable of converting thermal energy to acoustic power with advantage of …

Scavenging wind energy by a Y-shaped bi-stable energy harvester with curved wings

Z Zhou, W Qin, P Zhu, S Shang - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we proposed a Y-shaped bi-stable energy harvester (YBEH) to scavenge the
low-speed wind energy. The system is composed of a cantilever beam with a tip magnet and …

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 …

Large eddy simulation of thermally induced oscillatory flow in a thermoacoustic engine

G Chen, Y Wang, L Tang, K Wang, Z Yu - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a comprehensive high-fidelity three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic
research using large eddy simulation has been conducted to investigate a standing-wave …

Harvesting acoustic energy by coherence resonance of a bi-stable piezoelectric harvester

Z Zhou, W Qin, P Zhu - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work we proposed a bi-stable acoustic energy harvester (BAEH) to scavenge noise
energy. The nonlinear BAEH is composed of a piezoelectric cantilever beam with a flat plate …

An acoustically matched traveling-wave thermoacoustic generator achieving 750 W electric power

K Wang, D Sun, J Zhang, Y Xu, K Luo, N Zhang, J Zou… - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
TWTEG (traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator) is promising in efficiently
converting the heat of fuel combustion, solar energy, industrial waste heat, etc. into electricity …