Linear alternator action
A reciprocating magnet or coil driven by a piston or acoustic wave induces an EMF without a rotor.
Atlas record: 3 claims reference this phenomenon — 2 established and 1 demonstrated.
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Relations
- an acoustic pressure oscillation driving a piston attached to a magnet or coil
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 16
- Thermoacoustic engine with linear alternator4/5 est · demonstrated
- Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work4/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Peltier effect → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · same energy form
- Electric potential difference → Ettingshausen effect → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Radiative imbalance with the sky → Radiative sky cooling → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fission → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work4/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermoacoustic effect → Acoustic wave → Linear alternator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work4/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 1
- [1]G. W. Swift. Thermoacoustic engines (1988)
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:linear-alternator-action: Linear alternator action. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/linear-alternator-action
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