A multi-stage traveling wave thermoacoustic engine is disclosed. A plurality of heat engine stages are formed as a toroidal spiral cascade of N stages inside a pressure vessel. Each stage feeds into the next stage such that all of the thermoacoustic power cycles past a common set of thermal interfaces multiple times with the single domed pressure vessel. The inventive thermoacoustic engine is simpler and cheaper to manufacture and more reliable due to the minimization of hot joints.
TOROIDAL SPIRAL CASCADING OF MULTIPLE HEAT ENGINE STAGES IN TRAVELING WAVE THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINES
RINGWENDELKASKADIERUNG VON MEHREREN WÄRMEMOTORSTUFEN IN THERMOAKUSTISCHEN WANDERWELLENMOTOREN
MISE EN CASCADE EN SPIRALE TOROÏDALE DE MULTIPLES ÉTAGES DE MOTEUR THERMIQUE DANS DES MOTEURS THERMOACOUSTIQUES À ONDES PROGRESSIVES
2024-12-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F03G Feder-, Gewichts-, Trägheits- oder ähnliche Kraftmaschinen , SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / F02G HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS , mit Heißgas oder Verbrennungsgasen betriebene Kraftmaschinenanlagen, wobei die Kraftmaschinen mit Verdrängerwirkung arbeiten |
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