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A 100 W-class traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator

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Experimental investigation on a traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator is presented. In the experiment, more than 100 W electrical power was achieved under 2.5 MPa mean pressure, 64 Hz working frequency and 0.2 MPa pressure amplitude.

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  1. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

    ErCang Luo, ZhangHua Wu, Wei Dai, ShanFeng Li & Yuan Zhou

  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    ShanFeng Li

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Correspondence to ErCang Luo.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50536040 and 50625620)

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Luo, E., Wu, Z., Dai, W. et al. A 100 W-class traveling-wave thermoacoustic electricity generator. Chin. Sci. Bull. 53, 1453–1456 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-008-0200-1

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