Latest developments in thermoacoustic devices have demonstrated comparable power
output and efficiency, but higher reliability and lower cost when compared to conventional …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Thermoacoustic engines attract much attention for their lack of moving parts and relatively
benign environmental impact. In this review, an introduction of the thermoacoustic effect is …

Industrial production process continuously produces a large amount of stable waste heat,
which has great potential for recovery and utilization. As a new energy conversion and …

Thermoacoustic electric generator is a novel heat-to-power conversion technology with
potential high efficiency and reliability, showing great potential in distributed power …

Looped travelling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator (LTTAEG) can transform thermal
energy to electric power using thermoacoustic effect. Based on our previous effort on multi …

This paper mainly investigated a looped tube refrigerator driven by a three-stage travelling
wave thermoacoustic engine (later simply called as thermacoustic engine-refrigerator …

This paper presents a novel lumped mechanical model incorporating modern control theory
to investigate performance and startup condition of thermo-acoustic Stirling engines …