The engine
can be used in combustion-driven liquefaction of natural gas and
industrial gases and in residential cogeneration.
Possible
Applications
Gas
Liquefaction:
Praxair press release:
Praxair Acquires Acoustic Technology Assets Of Chart Industries
Praxair web site
Los Alamos report LA-UR-01-2652: "Development
of a Thermoacoustic Natural Gas Liquefier – Update"
Los Alamos report LA-UR-97-0950: "Thermoacoustic Natural Gas
Liquifier"
Electrical
Cogeneration:
"Resonant Power:
Technology and Market Summary", CFIC, Inc., May 1999
CFIC Inc.
Video
"Acoustic
Natural Gas Liquifier"
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Opportunities at Los
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