An energy-focused thermoacoustic-Stirling heat engine reaching a high pressure ratio above 1.40

A new tapered resonator was introduced in the thermoacoustic-Stirling heat engine (TASHE) to explore its potential of achieving higher pressure ratio. With average pressure of 1.5 MPa and heating power of 3 kW, a high pressure ratio above 1.40 was obtained, which is very beneficial to be a powerful driving source of pulse tube cryocoolers or thermoacoustic refrigerators. Moreover, a relatively low onset temperature of 73 °C was also observed that showed the feasibility of its application in the field of using low quality heat sources.