Patent ID: 8181460
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. A thermoacoustic compressor, comprising: a) a first housing having a first end, a second end, an inner wall, and an outer wall, said first housing defining a first cavity, and said second end of said first housing defining a first piston rod aperture; b) a second housing having a first end, a second end, an inner wall, and an outer wall, said first end of said second housing operably connected to said second end of said first housing, said second housing comprising pressurized gas or fluid and defining a second cavity, and said first end of said second housing defining a second piston rod aperture; c) a reciprocating piston axially movable within said first and second cavities, said reciprocating piston comprising: d) a valved intake port and a valved discharge port on said first end of said first housing; e) a thermoacoustic engine connected to said inner wall of said second housing positioned between said second end of said resonating piston head and said second end of said second housing; f) a means for inhibiting gas flow between said first and said second housing; g) a means for providing or delivering heat to said thermoacoustic engine; and h) a means for removing heat from said thermoacoustic engine.