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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathan Thomas Weiland, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ben T. Zinn, Atlanta, GA (US);
Gregory William Swift, Sante Fe, NM (US);
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 2/910 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 2/910 ;
Abstract
Thermoacoustic devices are disclosed wherein, for some embodiments, a combustion zone provides heat to a regenerator using a mean flow of compressible fluid. In other embodiments, burning of a combustible mixture within the combustion zone is pulsed in phase with the acoustic pressure oscillations to increase acoustic power output. In an example embodiment, the combustion zone and the regenerator are thermally insulated from other components within the thermoacoustic device.