THERMO ACOUSTIC REFRIGERATOR

PRESENT BY:

CHINMAY VYAS
RAM PANDEY
RAHUL SHARMA
RAHUL KUMAR

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REFRIGERATION
Refrigeration is a process in which work is done to move heat from one
location to another.

Uses of Refrigeration :
Industrial uses

Air conditioning
Food storage and distribution
Medical applications

OBJECTIVE
To study and construct a Thermoacoustic Refrigerator.

Components of a typical THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATOR PROTOTYPE

CURRENT REFRIGERATION METHODS

VAPOUR ABSORPTION CYCLE

VAPOUR COMPRESSION

DISADVANTAGES
VAPOUR COMPRESSION
Require CFC, HCFC, or other ozone harming refrigerants
Increase global warming effect
Loud/noisy
Typical efficiency is 40-55% of Carnot limit
Moving parts and intricate design
Prone to breakdown

VAPOUR ABSORPTION
Requires large heat source
Can't use electricity directly
Require CFC, HCFC, or other ozone harming refrigerants
Increase global warming effect
Inefficient

THERMOACOUSTIC REFRIGERATOR
A thermo-acoustic refrigerator (TAR) is a refrigerator that uses sound waves in order to
provide the cooling.
In a TAR, the working fluid is a helium-argon mixture, and the compressor is replaced by
a loudspeaker.

WORKING PRINCIPLE
Pressure variations in sound wave are accomplished by temperature change due to
particle oscillations in the gas. For a single medium average temperature at that
particular location does not change. When a second medium is present heat is
exchanged with it and an expanded particle will take heat from it and compressed
particles will reject heat to the second medium.

SCHEMATIC FOR TAR

ADVANTAGES
The working fluid is typically helium or other inert, benign gases such as air which
are environment-friendly unlike common refrigerants.
The simplicity of the design makes it robust, small, and lightweight.
It has almost no moving parts, which translates into a longer working life with
fewer repairs. In turn, this makes the system less expensive.
The loudspeaker is TARs only moving part which is more durable than a
compressor.

It has the ability to attain a higher level of the limiting Carnot efficiency than
current refrigeration methods

DISADVANTAGES
The downside of the TAR is that these failed to achieve efficiencies as high as
those of standard refrigerator units.
The coefficient of performance of most advanced TAR is only 1 when compared to
3-4 of modern refrigerators.
Another major problem of TAR is that it is either fully on or off.
It leaked an incredible amount of sound that causes ear pain but produces only a
small temperature gradient.
These refrigerators were able to cool the air for a short amount of time before the

cooled air started raising its temperature.