Thermoacoustics offer alternative solution for cooling needs where a method
that is safer to environment is used. The thermodynamic process that needs
to be completed by using interaction between inert gaseous and porous
material must be made efficient so that the system works properly. This
paper reports numerical and experimental investigations of the use of
several porous material in air at atmospheric pressure to provide cooling
effect. Experimental investigation was also conducted by using cheap and
abundant materials as the porous media. Results were collected at two
different frequencies and with two different stack lengths. The study showed
that thin-walled honeycomb porous structure made of polycarbonate offers the
best temperature for thermoacoustic cooler with air at atmospheric pressure.
The best coefficient of performance of 4.73 was recorded. Disparity between
numerical and experimental results is expected to be the result of losses
that need to be carefully addressed in the future especially when long stack
is used in the system.
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