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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Yukio Miyairi, Nagoya, JP;
Shinichi Miwa, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Naomi Noda, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Deguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Teruyoshi Mori, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuhiko Hamatsuka, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Suenobu, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Hironaga, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuhiko Kumazawa, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A heat/acoustic wave conversion unit includes a heat/acoustic wave conversion component and two heat exchangers. Hydraulic diameter HD of the cells in the heat/acoustic wave conversion component is 0.4 mm or less, and a ratio HD/L of HD to the length L of the heat/acoustic wave conversion component is from 0.005 to 0.02. One of the heat exchangers includes a heat-exchanging honeycomb structure and an annular tube that surrounds a circumferential face of the heat-exchanging honeycomb structure. The annular tube includes a structure body that is disposed in the channel to increase a contact area with the heated fluid, an inflow port into which the heated fluid flows, and an outflow port through which the heated fluid flows out. At least one of the heat-exchanging honeycomb structure and the structure body is made of a ceramic material that contains SiC as a main component.