Solar-driven Thermoacoustic Power System (1kWe)

Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS (TIPC) cooperating with Zhongke Lihan Inc. has made a breakthrough in developing the world’s first solar-driven thermoacoustic power system (TPS) in July, 2010.

The thermoacoustic power technology is a brand new power generation technology which attracts worldwide attention for its high reliability, environment friendliness and high efficiency.

This solar-driven TPS consists of solar collector, thermoacoustic engine and linear reciprocating generator. Compared to the existing TPS driven by electric heater with the maximum output power of 58W developed by American Los Alamos National Laboratory, the solar-driven TPS outplays with hundreds of watts output power in the preliminary test. Its design peak of output power is 1kW.