An asymmetrical constriction in a pipe functions as an imperfect gas diode for acoustic oscillations in the gas in the pipe. One or more gas diodes in a resonant loop of pipe create substantial steady flow, which can carry substantial heat between a remote heat exchanger and a thermoacoustic or Stirling engine or refrigerator; the flow is driven directly by the oscillations in the engine or refrigerator itself. This invention gives Stirling and thermoacoustic devices unprecedented flexibility, and may lead to Stirling engines of unprecedented power. We have built two of these resonant self‐circulating heat exchangers, one as a fundamental test bed and the other as a demonstration of practical levels of heat transfer. Measurements of flow and heat transfer are in factor‐of‐two agreement with either of two simple calculation methods. One calculation method treats the oscillating and steady flows as independent and simply superimposed, except in the gas diodes. The other method accounts for the interaction between the oscillating and steady flow with the quasi‐steady approximation. The mutual influence of superimposed turbulent oscillating and steady flows is a theoretical challenge.
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30 May 2006
INNOVATIONS IN NONLINEAR ACOUSTICS: ISNA17 - 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics including the International Sonic Boom Forum
18-22 July 2005
State College, Pennsylvania (USA)
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May 30 2006
Gas Diodes for Thermoacoustic Self‐circulating Heat Exchangers
Greg Swift;
Greg Swift
Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Scott Backhaus
Scott Backhaus
Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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AIP Conf. Proc. 838, 399–406 (2006)
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Greg Swift, Scott Backhaus; Gas Diodes for Thermoacoustic Self‐circulating Heat Exchangers. AIP Conf. Proc. 30 May 2006; 838 (1): 399–406. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2210385
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