Thermoacoustics, the Glossary
Thermoacoustics is the interaction between temperature, density and pressure variations of acoustic waves.[1]
Table of Contents
53 relations: Acoustic wave, Adiabatic process, Amplitude, Angular frequency, Characteristic length, Cryocooler, Engine, Fundamental frequency, Gas, Glassblowing, Heat, Heat capacity, Heat exchanger, Heat pump, Ideal gas, John Wheatley (physicist), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Liquid, Molar mass, Molar volume, Normal mode, Operating temperature, Oscillation, Photoacoustic effect, Pieter Rijke, Plane wave, Power (physics), Prandtl number, Proportional control, Pyrophone, Resonator, Rijke tube, Sine wave, Solar energy, Solid, Sound, Speed of sound, Stainless steel, Standing wave, Temperature gradient, Thermal conductivity and resistivity, Thermal contact, Thermal diffusivity, Thermoacoustic heat engine, Thermoelectric cooling, Thermophone, Turbulence, Viscosity, Waste heat, Wave, ... Expand index (3 more) »
Acoustic wave
Acoustic waves are a type of energy propagation through a medium by means of adiabatic loading and unloading. Thermoacoustics and Acoustic wave are acoustics.
See Thermoacoustics and Acoustic wave
Adiabatic process
An adiabatic process (adiabatic) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat or mass between the thermodynamic system and its environment.
See Thermoacoustics and Adiabatic process
Amplitude
The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change in a single period (such as time or spatial period).
See Thermoacoustics and Amplitude
Angular frequency
In physics, angular frequency (symbol ω), also called angular speed and angular rate, is a scalar measure of the angle rate (the angle per unit time) or the temporal rate of change of the phase argument of a sinusoidal waveform or sine function (for example, in oscillations and waves).
See Thermoacoustics and Angular frequency
Characteristic length
In physics, a characteristic length is an important dimension that defines the scale of a physical system.
See Thermoacoustics and Characteristic length
Cryocooler
A refrigerator designed to reach cryogenic temperatures (below 120 K, -153 °C, -243.4 °F) is often called a cryocooler.
See Thermoacoustics and Cryocooler
Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
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Fundamental frequency
The fundamental frequency, often referred to simply as the fundamental, is defined as the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform. Thermoacoustics and fundamental frequency are acoustics.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.
Glassblowing
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble (or parison) with the aid of a blowpipe (or blow tube).
See Thermoacoustics and Glassblowing
Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is the thermal energy transferred between systems due to a temperature difference. Thermoacoustics and heat are heat transfer.
Heat capacity
Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change in its temperature.
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Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger is a system used to transfer heat between a source and a working fluid. Thermoacoustics and heat exchanger are heat transfer.
See Thermoacoustics and Heat exchanger
Heat pump
A heat pump is a device that consumes work (or electricity) to transfer heat from a cold heat sink to a hot heat sink. Thermoacoustics and heat pump are energy conversion.
See Thermoacoustics and Heat pump
Ideal gas
An ideal gas is a theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles that are not subject to interparticle interactions.
See Thermoacoustics and Ideal gas
John Wheatley (physicist)
John Charles Wheatley (17 February 1927, Tucson – 10 May 1986, Los Angeles) was an American experimental physicist who worked on quantum fluids at low and very low temperatures.
See Thermoacoustics and John Wheatley (physicist)
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was a British mathematician and physicist who made extensive contributions to science.
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Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure.
See Thermoacoustics and Liquid
Molar mass
In chemistry, the molar mass (or molecular weight) of a chemical compound is defined as the ratio between the mass and the amount of substance (measured in moles) of any sample of the compound.
See Thermoacoustics and Molar mass
Molar volume
In chemistry and related fields, the molar volume, symbol Vm, or \tilde V of a substance is the ratio of the volume (V) occupied by a substance to the amount of substance (n): Vm.
See Thermoacoustics and Molar volume
Normal mode
A normal mode of a dynamical system is a pattern of motion in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation.
See Thermoacoustics and Normal mode
Operating temperature
An operating temperature is the allowable temperature range of the local ambient environment at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.
See Thermoacoustics and Operating temperature
Oscillation
Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states.
See Thermoacoustics and Oscillation
Photoacoustic effect
The photoacoustic effect or optoacoustic effect is the formation of sound waves following light absorption in a material sample. Thermoacoustics and photoacoustic effect are acoustics.
See Thermoacoustics and Photoacoustic effect
Pieter Rijke
Petrus Leonardus Rijke (11 July 1812 – 7 April 1899) was a Dutch physicist, and a professor in experimental physics at the University of Leiden.
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Plane wave
In physics, a plane wave is a special case of a wave or field: a physical quantity whose value, at any moment, is constant through any plane that is perpendicular to a fixed direction in space.
See Thermoacoustics and Plane wave
Power (physics)
Power is the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time.
See Thermoacoustics and Power (physics)
Prandtl number
The Prandtl number (Pr) or Prandtl group is a dimensionless number, named after the German physicist Ludwig Prandtl, defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity.
See Thermoacoustics and Prandtl number
Proportional control
Proportional control, in engineering and process control, is a type of linear feedback control system in which a correction is applied to the controlled variable, and the size of the correction is proportional to the difference between the desired value (setpoint, SP) and the measured value (process variable, PV).
See Thermoacoustics and Proportional control
Pyrophone
A pyrophone, also known as a "fire/explosion organ" or "fire/explosion calliope" is a musical instrument in which notes are sounded by explosions, or similar forms of rapid combustion, rapid heating, or the like, such as burners in cylindrical glass tubes, creating light and sound.
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Resonator
A resonator is a device or system that exhibits resonance or resonant behavior. Thermoacoustics and resonator are acoustics.
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Rijke tube
The Rijke tube is a cylindrical tube with both ends open, inside of which a heat source is placed that turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave. Thermoacoustics and Rijke tube are acoustics.
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Sine wave
A sine wave, sinusoidal wave, or sinusoid (symbol: ∿) is a periodic wave whose waveform (shape) is the trigonometric sine function. Thermoacoustics and sine wave are acoustics.
See Thermoacoustics and Sine wave
Solar energy
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. Thermoacoustics and solar energy are energy conversion.
See Thermoacoustics and Solar energy
Solid
Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter along with liquid, gas, and plasma.
Sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. Thermoacoustics and sound are acoustics.
Speed of sound
The speed of sound is the distance travelled per unit of time by a sound wave as it propagates through an elastic medium. Thermoacoustics and speed of sound are acoustics.
See Thermoacoustics and Speed of sound
Stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.
See Thermoacoustics and Stainless steel
Standing wave
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space.
See Thermoacoustics and Standing wave
Temperature gradient
A temperature gradient is a physical quantity that describes in which direction and at what rate the temperature changes the most rapidly around a particular location.
See Thermoacoustics and Temperature gradient
Thermal conductivity and resistivity
The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to conduct heat. Thermoacoustics and thermal conductivity and resistivity are heat transfer.
See Thermoacoustics and Thermal conductivity and resistivity
In heat transfer and thermodynamics, a thermodynamic system is said to be in thermal contact with another system if it can exchange energy through the process of heat. Thermoacoustics and thermal contact are heat transfer.
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Thermal diffusivity
In heat transfer analysis, thermal diffusivity is the thermal conductivity divided by density and specific heat capacity at constant pressure. Thermoacoustics and thermal diffusivity are heat transfer.
See Thermoacoustics and Thermal diffusivity
Thermoacoustic heat engine
Thermoacoustic engines (sometimes called "TA engines") are thermoacoustic devices which use high-amplitude sound waves to pump heat from one place to another (this requires work, which is provided by the loudspeaker) or use a heat difference to produce work in the form of sound waves (these waves can then be converted into electrical current the same way as a microphone does). Thermoacoustics and thermoacoustic heat engine are acoustics.
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Thermoelectric cooling
Thermoelectric cooling uses the Peltier effect to create a heat flux at the junction of two different types of materials.
See Thermoacoustics and Thermoelectric cooling
Thermophone
A thermophone is a type of transducer that converts an electrical singal into heat, which then becomes sound.
See Thermoacoustics and Thermophone
Turbulence
In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity.
See Thermoacoustics and Turbulence
Viscosity
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate.
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Waste heat
Waste heat is heat that is produced by a machine, or other process that uses energy, as a byproduct of doing work. Thermoacoustics and Waste heat are energy conversion and heat transfer.
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Wave
In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from equilibrium) of one or more quantities.
Wave equation
The wave equation is a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields such as mechanical waves (e.g. water waves, sound waves and seismic waves) or electromagnetic waves (including light waves).
See Thermoacoustics and Wave equation
Work (thermodynamics)
Thermodynamic work is one of the principal processes by which a thermodynamic system can interact with its surroundings and exchange energy.
See Thermoacoustics and Work (thermodynamics)
Working fluid
For fluid power, a working fluid is a gas or liquid that primarily transfers force, motion, or mechanical energy.
See Thermoacoustics and Working fluid
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoacoustics
Also known as Taconis oscillation, Thermal penetration depth, Thermoacoustic oscillation, Thermoacoustic oscillations.