The invention discloses a low-grade heat source driven
standing wave type gas and
liquid phase change thermoacoustic engine. The thermoacoustic engine comprises a first heater, a first thermal buffering
pipe, a first cooler, a U-shaped
pipe, a second cooler, a second thermal buffering
pipe and a second heater which are connected sequentially, wherein a
liquid piston is arranged in the U-shaped pipe. The thermoacoustic exchange is realized based on a gas and
liquid phase change thermoacoustic effect, and the ideal
thermodynamic cycle can be approximately two isobaric processes and two adiabatic processes. Compared with the conventional gas medium thermoacoustic engine
system, the thermoacoustic engine has the characteristics that the
temperature difference of cold and heat sources is low, the thermoacoustic engine can run in small
temperature difference and at a large pressure ratio, and the low-grade heat source can be utilized; the
energy density of
unit volume is high, so that the
system can be miniaturized; and the gas and liquid coupled oscillation can be realized, and the
acoustic impedance of the thermoacoustic engine
system can be optimized by comprehensively utilizing the
compressibility of gaseous medium, and the high-density
mass inertia of the
liquid medium.