Waste thermal energy harvesting from a convection-driven Rijke–Zhao thermo-acoustic-piezo system

• Main Author: Zhao, Dan
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Energy conservation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101212; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16750
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this work, a convection-driven Rijke–Zhao thermo-acoustic-piezo system is designed and experimentally tested to demonstrate its potential for harvesting thermal energy. For this, a nonlinear theoretical model is developed to simulate the energy conversion process, i.e. heat-to-sound-to-electricit...