Thermoacoustic heating device
AssigneeIsuzu Motors Limited
InventorsShou Ozaki, Yasushi Yamamoto
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Abstract
A thermoacoustic heating device capable of effectively utilizing streaming, and including a prime mover in a first pipeline that forms a loop line, and a heating device in a second pipeline that forms another loop line. The first and second pipelines are connected to each other via a branch pipeline. A branch pipeline on the prime mover side and the second pipeline on the heating device side are positioned adjacent to each other, and a low-temperature side heat exchanger of the heating device is integrally formed with or held in contact with the branch pipeline on the prime mover side.
Claims5
A thermoacoustic heating device, comprising:
- two pipelines, each including a loop;
- a branch pipeline connecting the two loop pipelines;
- and
- a prime mover provided in one of the two loop pipelines,
- wherein a heating device is provided in the other of the two pipelines,
- wherein the heating device includes a high-temperature side heat exchanger, a low-temperature side heat exchanger and a stack for connecting the high-temperature side heat exchanger to the low-temperature side heat exchanger,
- wherein the high-temperature side heat exchanger is at a higher temperature than the low-temperature side heat exchanger,
- wherein the branch pipeline is bent at an intermediate portion thereof such that the loop pipeline on the heating device side is positioned adjacent to the branch pipeline on the prime mover side, and
- wherein the low-temperature side heat exchanger of the heating device is integrally formed with or held in contact with the branch pipeline on the prime mover side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.