Thermoacoustic Technologies - Thinking Beyond Tomorrow: Challenges & Opportunities for UK Science & Technology
Reference Number
GR/T04502/01
Title
Thermoacoustic Technologies - Thinking Beyond Tomorrow: Challenges & Opportunities for UK Science & Technology
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Oil and gas combustion)
Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Oil and gas combustion)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr AJ Jaworski
Department of Engineering
University of Leicester
Department of Engineering
University of Leicester
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 October 2004
End Date
30 September 2009
Duration
60 months
Total Grant Value
£285,111
Industrial Sectors
Process engineering
Region
East Midlands
Programme
Engineering Fellowships -- Process Environment and Sustainability
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr AJ Jaworski, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester
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Objectives
Abstract
Thermoacoustics is one of the new areas of technological development, which becomes increasingly popular in a growing number of countries including the US, continental Europe, China and Japan. The intellectual challenge in applying the principles of thermoacoustics lies in combining the expertise from a wide spectrum of research backgrounds including advanced fluid mechanics, heat transfer and acoustic wave propagation processes, with the aim to develop novel concepts of energy transfer mechanisms, which do not require moving parts or environmentally harmful working fluids. Judging from the number of journal papers published in the subject, UK researchers do not seem to recognise the importance and potential benefits of the application of thermoacoustic technologies. This is regrettable as a wider application of thermoacoustic refrigerators and prime movers could lead to a better utilisation of fossil fuels, introduction of cleaner technologies and reduced environmental impacts ofglobal-warming emissions and pollutants. The proposed Fellowship will address several key areas of scientific and technological development within thermoacoustics, identified as individual "projects" within the proposal, and thought of as a demonstration platform enabling the scientific and technological progress in thermoacoustics within the UK
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