A densifier (10) for simultaneously densifying two cryogenic liquids at
different temperatures is provided. The densifier (10) has a thermoacoustic
heat engine (20), a resonance tube (18) and a two stage pulse tube
refrigerator (40). The thermoacoustic heat engine (20) generates
oscillatory acoustical power required to generate net refrigeration power in the
two-stage pulse tube refrigerator (40). The first stage (100) densifies
a first cryogenic liquid to a first cryogenic temperature, and the second stage
(200) densifies a second cryogenic liquid to a second, lower cryogenic temperature.
The thermoacoustic heat engine (20) converts thermal energy to the oscillatory
acoustical power required to generate net refrigeration in the first (100)
and second (200) stages of the pulse tube refrigerator (40). No mechanical
energy input is required, and therefore the invented densifier (10) has
no moving parts.