Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack

The heat transfer process crucial to the thermoacoustic effects occurs in and near the stack region and current technology of the stack material and geometry has room for improvement. The latest recommended stack material is Mylar and it has been theoretically proven that pin-array stack performs be...

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Main Author: Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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spelling my-utm-ep.12942018-02-20T03:54:20Z Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack 2008-05 Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The heat transfer process crucial to the thermoacoustic effects occurs in and near the stack region and current technology of the stack material and geometry has room for improvement. The latest recommended stack material is Mylar and it has been theoretically proven that pin-array stack performs better than other geometry. Stack gap recommended varies between researchers using different material and geometry. This study looked into the stack performance in terms of the temperature difference achieved between the stack ends for various locally available materials at different thickness and geometry. Experiments were conducted using PVC resonator tube with paper and film material as stack, at 0.1 and 0.2mm thickness. Parallel plate, spiral roll and the honeycomb geometry were tested. Results showed that the parallel plate stack made from the film gave higher temperature difference compared to that from paper operating with a stack gap of 0.45mm. A maximum of 3.5°C below the ambient temperature was achieved at the “cold� end for the system operating at 1atm and 22~24°C. 2008-05 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1294/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1294/1/NurudinHabeedMFKM2008.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin
Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
description The heat transfer process crucial to the thermoacoustic effects occurs in and near the stack region and current technology of the stack material and geometry has room for improvement. The latest recommended stack material is Mylar and it has been theoretically proven that pin-array stack performs better than other geometry. Stack gap recommended varies between researchers using different material and geometry. This study looked into the stack performance in terms of the temperature difference achieved between the stack ends for various locally available materials at different thickness and geometry. Experiments were conducted using PVC resonator tube with paper and film material as stack, at 0.1 and 0.2mm thickness. Parallel plate, spiral roll and the honeycomb geometry were tested. Results showed that the parallel plate stack made from the film gave higher temperature difference compared to that from paper operating with a stack gap of 0.45mm. A maximum of 3.5°C below the ambient temperature was achieved at the “cold� end for the system operating at 1atm and 22~24°C.
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin
author_facet Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin
author_sort Habeed Mohd. Abd Settar, Nurudin
title Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
title_short Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
title_full Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
title_fullStr Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
title_full_unstemmed Thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
title_sort thermal performance of a thermoacoustic stack
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1294/1/NurudinHabeedMFKM2008.pdf
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