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Article | REF: BE8061 V1

Thermoacoustic converters

Author: Philippe NIKA

Publication date: July 10, 2008

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2. Thermoacoustic coolers

Unlike engines, chillers need to provide a certain amount of cooling power to cool a given load to a required temperature level. The "thermoacoustic pumping" of heat, described in the article [BE 8 060] Thermoacoustic effect, can be employed, as long as the resulting thermal gradients in the stack do not exceed the critical value. Coolers can be either travelling-wave (TGP: pulsed gas tube) or standing-wave (TAR: thermoacoustic refrigerator ). Compared with motors, [19][20]

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