Traveling-wave Thermoacoustic Engines With Internal Combustion

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5/11/2004Author
Weiland, Nathan Thomas
Zinn, Ben T.
Swift, Gregory William
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Thermoacoustic devices are disclosed wherein, for some embodiments, a combustion zone provides heat to a regenerator using a mean flow of compressible fluid. In other embodiments, burning of a combustible mixture within the combustion zone is pulsed in phase with the acoustic pressure oscillations to increase acoustic power output. In an example embodiment, the combustion zone and the regenerator are thermally insulated from other components within the thermoacoustic device.
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