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DOI	10.1115/1.4045537
	Experimental Study of Condensation in a Thermoacoustic Cooler With Various 3D-Printed Regenerators Using Water Vapor as the Working Fluid
	Bekkulov, Aibek; Luthen, Andrew; Xu, Ben
通讯作者	Xu, Ben
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
ISSN	0195-0738
EISSN	1528-8994
出版年	2020
卷号	142 期号:5
英文摘要	Thermoacoustics (TA) deals with the conversion of heat into sound and vice versa. The device that transfers energy from a low-temperature reservoir to a high-temperature one by utilizing acoustic work is called TA cooler (TAC). The main components of a typical TAC are a resonator, a porous regenerator (e.g., stack of parallel plates), and two heat exchangers. The thermoacoustic phenomenon takes place in the regenerator where a nonzero temperature gradient is imposed and interacts with the sound wave. The low temperature at the cold end of TAC can be used to condense water from the humid air and also reduce the moisture. In the current study, the sound wave with high intensity was produced to drive a TAC to produce cooling power at a cold temperature around 18 degrees C, using saturated water vapor as the working fluid. The drainage of condensate in the regenerator is the key to the system's performance. This work is dedicated to investigate the effect from temperature gradient created in TAC on the condensation enhancement, by adopting three different designs of regenerators. A 3D printer was used to design and fabricate different structures of regenerator, and then, the systematic cooling capacity was tested and compared with different regenerators. This work can be extended to evaluate how the TA effect can be affected by the condensation if humid air is directly used as the working fluid. The potential application of this investigation can be an autonomous TAC system for water harvesting in arid areas.
英文关键词	thermoacoustics thermoacoustic cooler condensation 3D printing energy systems analysis heat energy generation/storage/transfer
类型	Article ; Proceedings Paper
语种	英语
国家	USA
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000539399500005
WOS关键词	PERFORMANCE
WOS类目	Energy & Fuels
WOS研究方向	Energy & Fuels
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/318609
作者单位	Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Dept Mech Engn, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bekkulov, Aibek,Luthen, Andrew,Xu, Ben. Experimental Study of Condensation in a Thermoacoustic Cooler With Various 3D-Printed Regenerators Using Water Vapor as the Working Fluid[J],2020,142(5).
APA	Bekkulov, Aibek,Luthen, Andrew,&Xu, Ben.(2020).Experimental Study of Condensation in a Thermoacoustic Cooler With Various 3D-Printed Regenerators Using Water Vapor as the Working Fluid.JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME,142(5).
MLA	Bekkulov, Aibek,et al."Experimental Study of Condensation in a Thermoacoustic Cooler With Various 3D-Printed Regenerators Using Water Vapor as the Working Fluid".JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 142.5(2020).