Lifetime testing of a flexure based natural gas fired 1 kW thermoacoustic genset

Thomas W. Steiner; M. Hoy; K. B. Antonelli; M. Malekian; G. D. S. Archibald; T. Kanemaru; W. Aitchison; B. De Chardon; K. T. Gottfried; M. Elferink; T. Henthorne; B. O’Rourke; P. Kostka

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202131301001

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 313, 2021 19^th International Stirling Engine Conference (ISEC 2021)


Article Number		01001
Number of page(s)		13
Section		Co-Generation Systems: Micro-CHP
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202131301001
Published online		22 October 2021

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[1] T. W. Steiner, G. D. S. Archibald, “A high pressure and high frequency diaphragm engine: Comparison of measured results with thermoacoustic predictions, ” Appl. Energy 114 (2014) 709-716. [Google Scholar]

[2] T. Steiner, B. De Chardon, “Evolution of a diaphragm beta Stirling engine into a displacer-less thermoacoustic design, ” Proceedings of the 17th International Stirling Engine Conference, Northumbria University Newcastle UK, (2016), pp. 253-262. [Google Scholar]

[3] R. S. Wakeland, “Use of electrodynamic drivers in thermoacoustic refrigerators, ” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 107, 827–832 (2000). [Google Scholar]

[4] T. W. Steiner, K. B. Antonelli, G. D. S. Archibald, B. De Chardon, K. T. Gottfried, M. Malekian, P. Kostka, “A high frequency, power, and efficiency diaphragm acoustic-toelectric transducer for thermoacoustic engines and refrigerators, ” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 149 (2021) 948-959. doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003495. [Google Scholar]

[5] M. E. H. Tijani, S. Spoelstra, A hot air driven thermoacoustic-Stirling engine, Appl. Therm. Eng. 61 (2013) 866-870. [Google Scholar]

[6] T. Bi, Z. Wu, L. Zhang, G. Yu, E. Luo, W. Dai, Development of a 5 kW travelingwave thermoacoustic electric generator, Appl. Energy 185 (2017) 1355-1361. [Google Scholar]

[7] C. Iniesta, J. L. Olazagoitia, J. Vinolas, J. Aranceta, “Review of traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric-generator technology, ” J. Power and Energy 232(7) (2018) 940-957. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0957650918760627. [Google Scholar]

[8] B. Medard de Chardon, T. W. Steiner, “Apparatus for performing energy transformation between thermal energy and acoustic energy, ” US patent 10, 823, 110 (2020). [Google Scholar]

[9] T. W. Steiner, M. P. Hoy, G. D. S. Archibald, K. T. Gottfried, T. Kanemaru, B. Medard de Chardon, “Apparatus and system for exchanging heat with a fluid, ” US patent 10, 890, 385 (2021). [Google Scholar]

[10] T. W. Steiner, G. D. S. Archibald, T. J. Henthorne, M. P. Hoy, T. Kanemaru, “Thermal regenerator apparatus, ” US provisional patent application 62825592 (2019). [Google Scholar]

[11] G. W. Swift, Thermoacoustics A Unifying Perspective for Some Engines and Refrigerators, 2nd Edition, ASA Press/Springer, Cham, Switzerland, (2017). [Google Scholar]

[12] B. Ward, J. Clark, G. Swift, DeltaEC users guide, (2019) www.lanl.gov/thermoacoustics [Google Scholar]

[13] J. R. Olson, G. W. Swift, “Acoustic streaming in pulse tube refrigerators: tapered pulse tubes, ” Cryogenics 37 (1997) 769-776. [Google Scholar]

[14] M. A. G. Timmer, K. de Blok, and T. H. van der Meer, “Review on the conversion of thermoacoustic power into electricity, ” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 143, 841–857 (2018). [Google Scholar]

[15] T. W. Steiner, M. Hoy, K. B. Antonelli, M. Malekian, G. D. S. Archibald, T. Kanemaru, W. Aitchison, B. De Chardon, K. T. Gottfried, M. Elferink, T. Henthorne, B. O’Rourke, and P. Kostka, “High-efficiency natural gas fired 1 kWe thermoacoustic engine, ” Accepted for publication, Appl. Therm. Eng., (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117548 [Google Scholar]

[16] M. Raefsky, “Fatigue properties of 17-4 PH and 15-5 PH steel in the H-900 and H1050 condition” (1968), https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/691794.pdf, Boeing Vertol Co. Philadelphia PA. [Google Scholar]

[17] C. Bathias, P. C. Paris, Gigacycle Fatigue in Mechanical Practice, Marcel Dekker New York, (2005) [Google Scholar]

[18] M. Elferink, T. Steiner, “Thermoacoustic waste heat recovery engine. Comparison of simulation and experiment, ” Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 35 (2018) 955 065002. doi: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000978. [Google Scholar]