February 23rd, 2010

FACT and its partners proudly present the world's flattest thermo-acoustic converter. The prototype produces approx 40 W of mechanical power at a temperature difference of 100 degrees (C). This power can be converted to electricity using a small linear generator.

Through thermoacoustic conversion, heat can be converted into acoustic energy and vice versa. It can be used for a range of applications such as waste heat recovery, cooling, and electricity production. FACT works with the best specialists in thermoacoustics to produce a prototype converter that can be used to produce electricity  on a household scale, using residual wood fuel cooking heat or concentrated solar power.

For more information please contact WInfried Rijssenbeek.

 Source: K. de Blok