TY - JOUR T1 - Design of simple refrigerating device for multiparametric analysis of the thermoacoustic cooling phenomenon AU - Grzywnowicz, Krzysztof AU - Remiorz, Leszek PY - 2019 DA - November DO - 10.5541/ijot.639634 JF - International Journal of Thermodynamics PB - Uluslararası Uygulamalı Termodinamik Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi WT - DergiPark SN - 1301-9724 SP - 193 EP - 201 VL - 22 IS - 4 LA - en AB - Although the widespreadintroduction of numerical tools and the CFD models have improved thedesign methodology of thermoacoustic coolers and eased optimizationof such units, high computational costs vitally limit theirapplication in parametric analyses of thermoacoustic devices. Thus,experimental investigation remains essential field of research,considering design of such units. In the paper, the design andconstruction of an experimental setup, dedicated to perform anextensive multiparametric analyses on compact thermoacoustic deviceswith varying characteristic parameters, is discussed in detail. Acomplete design path, beginning with general consideration, withfurther detailed dimensioning and selection of market-availableparts, ending with installation of control and data acquisitionequipment, is described. Initial testing of the device, performedboth computationally at the design stage and experimentally after thefinal setup assembling, is discussed as well. The results of thetests demonstrated ability to observe the variability in theoperational parameters of the cooler following change in number ofenvironmental and constructional parameters. The data acquiredindicated vital importance of the stack porosity and frequency ofthe acoustic wave on performance of the thermoacoustic device, whichcorresponds to the data presented in the literature. 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