以氦气为工质的行波热声发动机研究

随着对热声热机研究的深入，特别是行波热声发动机概念的提出，热声发动机效率得到了质的提高。为了实现热声发动机与制冷机的良好匹配，以氦气为工质时热声发动机需具有较低的起振温度、较大的压力波强度、较好的单频率特性。本文对自行研制的新型热声发动机进行了深入研究，以氦气为工质，在充气压力为2．0MPa时获得了1．19的压比，系统频率稳定在约73Hz，为利用新型热声发动机驱动脉管制冷机或其它热声制冷机创造了有利条件。此外，该热声发动机起振温度较低，初步具备了利用工业废热等低品位能源驱动的条件。     

丝网热声板叠的最佳填充率

自行研制了热声驱动脉管制冷机实验台,着重研究了热声机械中热声转换的关键部件丝网板叠的填充率对热声驱动脉管制冷机起振温度,制冷温度和加热功率等的影响,并通过实验发现了丝网板叠的最佳填充率,以氮和氮作工质,分别获得了196K和138K的无负荷制冷制度,达到国际先进水平,为热声机械的实用化奠定了基础。     

采用混合工质的热声驱动脉管制冷实验研究

在计算了惰性气体二元混合工质的热力学参数之后,采用氦-氩混合气体作为工质来提高热声驱动脉管制冷的性能。实验结果表明,热声驱动脉管制冷机采用适当配比的氦-氩工质可获得比纯氦更加优越的制冷性能。     

外加扰动对热声发动机起振特性的影响

热声发动机利用热声效应将热能转化为声功，系统中没有任何运动部件，具有结构简单、效率高、环境友好等突出优点。为了充分发挥热声发动机可利用低品位热能的优势，进一步降低系统的起振温度对热声热机的应用具有重要意义。该文首次提出利用外加扰动降低系统起振温度的设想，并在自行研制的多功能行波热声发动机实验台上进行了实验验证。初步实验结果表明，外加扰动可以大幅降低热声发动机的起振温度。实验以氮气为工质，当系统充气压力为0．9MPa时，通过加入压力扰动使系统的起振温度由原来的219℃降低到193℃。系统研究了外加扰动对热声发动机整个起振和消振过程的影响，获得的结果对加深热声系统起振机理的认识及热声发动机的实用化研究具有重要的指导意义。     

热声热机的热力学分析

回顾了热声现象的研究历史,介绍了热声热机的结构和分类,基于气体微团的热力学循环和能量转换,分析了热与声功的转换原理、转换条件以及热声热机的工作机理,并指出了该研究领域的工业应用前景。     

可利用低品位热源的热声驱动脉管制冷机

针对原有热声驱动脉管制冷机实验装置,改进了板叠冷端夹套式水冷却器内部的丝网填料,进一步优化了小孔阀和双向进气阀的开度,获得了116．4K的最低制冷温度。通过操作脉管制冷机双向进气阀,使系统的起振温度从560℃降低为370℃,为低品位能源的利用创造了条件。     

安装倾角对热声发动机性能影响的试验研究

为充分利用太阳能作为驱动热源,开展了驻波型热声发动机在不同安装倾角下热力性能的试验研究.试验结果表明,热声发动机的安装倾角对热声系统的起振温度、消振温度以及起振时板叠中的温度梯度等参数有着显著的影响,当系统中氮气压力为1.3MPa时,在试验的7种角度下.最高起振温度484℃,最低起振温度428℃,该特性为选择合适角度以降低系统起振温度提供了试验依据;而当系统稳定振荡时,安装倾角的变化对系统的压比和压力振幅等热力特性的影响较小,该特性为利用自动跟踪太阳能集热器在不同角度下驱动稳定振荡的热声发动机创造了有利条件.试验结果为设计太阳能驱动的热声发动机提供了试验依据.     

用于锅炉炉膛的热声声波除灰器

本发明公开了一种用于锅炉炉膛的热声声波除灰器，由热声发声器和声波放大器组成，热声发声器依次具有谐振管、冷端换热器、热声板叠、高温端，声波放大器为指数型喇叭号角。现有的声波除灰器（如旋笛式和哨式等）由高压空气驱动一定的发声结构来实现，提供气源的空气压缩机需输入外加能源且增加了结构的复杂性。     

燃烧振荡的驱动机理

针对热力系统中声耦合燃烧振荡问题,分析了强迫共振和热声自激两类声耦合燃烧振荡的机理,重点综述了热声自激振荡的若干驱动机制,并给出了防止声耦合燃烧振荡的措施。     

热声转换的回热器

热声转换的回热器李汉炎让我们再来审视一下热声转换的换能器．由图１可见，换能器各部分的功用，除了回热器之外都是很明显的．那么，这种由平行叠置的板片组成的回热器在热声转换中起什么作用呢？要想回答这个问题，首先让我们看看回热器在共鸣器内处于什么样的状况．首...     

Optimum packing factor of the stack in a standing‐wave thermoacoustic prime mover

A bench consisting of a pulse tube refrigerator driven by a standing‐wave thermoacoustic prime mover has been set up to study the relationship among stack, regenerator and working fluids. The stack of the thermoacoustic prime mover is packed with dense‐mesh wire screens because of their low cost and easy manufacture. The effect of the packing factor in the stack on onset temperature, refrigeration temperature and input power is explored. The optimum packing factor of 1.15 pieces per millimeter has been found experimentally, which supplies an empirical value to satisfy a compromise for enhancing thermoacoustic effect, decreasing heat conduction and fluid‐friction losses along the stack. The pulse tube cooler driven by the thermoacoustic prime mover is able to obtain refrigeration temperatures as low as 138 and 196K with helium and nitrogen, respectively. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Experimental study on the performance of the thermoacoustic refrigerating system

This study is on the performance of the thermoacoustic refrigerating system with respect to some critical operating parameters. Experiments were performed on the system under various operating conditions. The experimental setup consists of the thermoacoustic refrigerating system with appropriate valves for the desired controls, instrumentation and the electronic data acquisition system. The resonator was constructed from aluminum tubing but it had plastic tube lining on the inside to reduce heat loss by conduction. Significant factors that influence the performance of the system were identified. The cooling produced increases with the temperature difference between the two ends of the stack. High pressure in the system does not necessarily result in a higher cooling load. There exists an optimum pressure and an optimum frequency for which the system should be operated in order to obtain maximum cooling load. Consequently, for the thermoacoustic refrigeration system, there should be a related compromise between cooling load, pressure and frequency for best performance.     

CFD analysis of nonlinear processes in pulse tube refrigerators: Streaming induced by vortices

Streaming in the pulse tube refrigerator is a crucial nonlinear flow and heat transfer phenomenon which considerably affects the refrigeration temperature and performance. The third type streaming in the pulse tube refrigerator is studied using computational fluid dynamics method for the first time. A two-dimensional simulation of an inline inertance tube pulse tube refrigerator (ITPTR) is performed for different operating frequencies with the help of the FLUENT® package. The streaming is found to be formed due to the generation, evolution and shedding of vortices and pressure drops which are induced by the hydrodynamic and thermodynamic asymmetries along the refrigeration system. The pressure drops due to abrupt changes of the tube cross sections at both hot and cold ends in the pulse tube are calculated and the mass flow rate of the streaming is predicted. The geometry, temperature gradient and especially frequency are revealed as the main factors influencing the streaming patterns and final refrigeration performance. The numerical results agree well with the substantial experiments and indicate further suppression and optimization methods.     

CFD simulation of thermoacoustic cooling

In the field of thermoacoustic energy conversion, the application of numerical analysis techniques, specifically computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, have gained ground in recent years. Previous efforts have focused on single thermoacoustic couples that were subjected to the thermoacoustic effect through an oscillatory boundary condition. CFD simulations of an entire thermoacoustic device are computationally expensive and few examples exist. The present work presents an extension of a simulation of a whole thermoacoustic engine that also includes a refrigeration stack. Through interaction of thermally generated sound waves, cooling of the working gas in this stack is demonstrated.     

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the basic pulse tube refrigerator

A three-dimensional physical and numerical model of the basic pulse tube refrigerator (PTR) was developed. The compressible and oscillating fluid flow and heat transfer phenomenon in the pulse tube were numerically investigated using a self-developed code. Some cross-section average parameter variations such as velocity, temperature and pressure wave during one cycle were revealed. The variations of velocity and temperature distributions in the pulse tube were also analyzed in detail for further understanding of the working process and refrigeration mechanism of PTRs.     

非对称双级环路行波热声热机的实验研究*

对于双级环路行波热声热机,两个热声核的相对位置直接影响到其起振温度,而热声热机的起振温差决定了其可利用的热源品位。基于线性热声理论分析,通过改变两个热声核的相对位置,研究了两个热声核的相对位置改变对其起振温差、压力振幅和压比等的影响。结果表明,双级环路行波热声热机的起振温度随着两个热声核从中心对称位置逐步靠近时先下降再上升,当两个热声核之间的谐振管长度比例为1:3.5时,系统获得最小的起振温差为59.6℃（工质为N₂,充气压力为2.5 MPa）。在相同温差下,该系统在谐振管长度比例为1:3.5的位置相较于其他位置具有较大的压力振幅和压比。     

Thermoacoustic streaming in a tube with isothermal outer surface

Thermoacoustic oscillations at a cycle-steady state in a tube with an isothermal outer wall, and with one end closed and the other end connected to a wave generator, is analyzed based on a linearized theory. From the global mass conservation, an analytical solution has been obtained for the cross-sectional and cycle averaged axial velocity. It is shown that this averaged velocity is non-vanishing due to the mass streaming effect. By analyzing the global momentum balance, it is found that the cycle-averaged pressure depends on the momentum streaming and friction force, and a conservation relationship exists between the momentum streaming and the cycle-averaged pressure for the flow oscillating at a high frequency in a wide tube. An investigation of the global energy balance leads to an expression for thermoacoustic energy streaming. Furthermore, it is shown that the refrigeration effect is mainly caused by the non-vanishing mean velocity, and therefore the mass streaming and the energy streaming are intimately connected.