Losses in the regenerator and the critical sections of a travelling wave thermoacoustic engine

Thermoacoustic engine (TAE) can be used to convert heat from any source into electrical energy. Despite the theoretical efficiency of the cycle is very close to the Carnot cycle efficiency but due to many practical reasons, the actual efficiency of the engine is still very low. In order to enhance t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khoo, David Wee Yang
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33019/