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A schematic description of the design of a wave expander is presented. A mathematical model of the operation process has been substantiated. The operational characteristics of a reciprocating wave expander have been obtained within the framework of the numerical integration of the system of nonstationary gas-dynamics equations in a one-dimensional formulation. The stages of the operation process have been considered in detail. The dependences of the gasdynamic quantities on the time in the neighborhood of the rotating valve and the oscillating piston have been obtained for the steady-state operating cycle of the wave expander. The expander proposed has been compared to reciprocating expanders of classical design.
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Bulovich, S.V., Petrov, R.L. Wave Expander. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics 75, 1070–1075 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021199104536
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021199104536