Common features in the thermoacoustics of flames and engines

CJ Lawn, G Penelet - International Journal of Spray and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Thermoacoustic phenomena generated inadvertently during combustion, and those
produced by heating and cooling material to generate a temperature gradient, have mostly …

Open-cell foams for thermoacoustic applications

M Napolitano, R Romano, R Dragonetti - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work the thermoacoustic performance of a stack realized with open-cell foam is
analysed. Starting from the elementary cell and its strut parameters the pore structure has …

A note on the applicability of thermo-acoustic engines for automotive waste heat recovery

M Karlsson, M Åbom, M Lalit, R Glav - SAE International Journal of materials …, 2016 - JSTOR
ABSTRACT A thermo-acoustic engine is a device converting thermal energy into high
amplitude acoustic waves that can be harvested, for example, to obtain electricity. The core …

Discussing the limitations of unconditional stability indicators in evaluating thermoacoustic quality of burners with flames

HF Ganji, V Kornilov, J van Oijen… - … Journal of Spray …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Assessing the thermoacoustic performance of designed combustors, with a focus on the
stability quality factor, is crucial. Thermoacoustic instability in combustion appliances arises …

A nonreciprocal and tunable active acoustic scatterer

A Maddi, G Poignand, V Achilleos, V Pagneux… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
A passive loudspeaker mounted in a duct acts as a reciprocal scatterer for plane waves
impinging on either of its sides. However, the reciprocity can be broken by means of an …

Assessing thermoacoustic quality in combustion systems using the stability quality factor

HF Ganji, V Kornilov, J van Oijen… - … Journal of Spray …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Thermoacoustic instability poses a significant challenge in the development of combustion
appliances, where the lack of specific information on upstream and downstream acoustic …

Design and experimental verification of a cascade traveling-wave thermoacoustic amplifier

M Senga, S Hasegawa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, we designed and built a prototype of a cascade thermoacoustic amplifier that
connects multiple regenerators while satisfying high acoustic impedance at all regenerator …

A method to optimize the regenerator parameters of a thermoacoustic engine

M Napolitano, R Dragonetti, R Romano - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermoacoustic engines are devices suitable to convert heat into acoustic energy and
viceversa. They are basically composed with a porous medium and two heat exchangers …

Prediction of limit cycle amplitudes in thermoacoustic engines by means of impedance measurements

V Zorgnotti, G Penelet, G Poignand… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
This paper deals with the prediction of the frequency and the amplitude of self-sustained
oscillations generated in thermoacoustic prime movers, which are compared to …

Behavior of plane waves propagating through a temperature-inhomogeneous region

M Bednarik, M Cervenka, P Lotton, G Penelet - Journal of Sound and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Description and analysis of acoustic waves in ducts with a region containing
temperature-inhomogeneous fluid represent a significant problem of scientific and practical …