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Analysis of the Working Process and Mechanical Losses in a Stirling Engine for a Solar Power Unit
- Source :
- Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 121:121-127
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- ASME International, 1999.
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Abstract
- In this paper a second level mathematical model for the computational simulation of the working process of a 1-kW Stirling engine has been used and the results obtained are presented. The internal circuit of the engine in the calculation scheme was divided into five chambers, namely, the expansion space, heater, regenerator, cooler and the compression space, and the governing system of ordinary differential equations for the energy and mass conservation were solved in each chamber by Euler’s method. In additional, mechanical losses in the construction of the engine have been determined and the computational results show that the mechanical losses for this particular design of the Stirling engine may be up to 50% of the indicated power of the engine.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Stirling engine
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Mechanical engineering
Solar energy
Power (physics)
law.invention
law
Regenerative heat exchanger
Stirling cycle
business
Engine coolant temperature sensor
Solar power
Heat engine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15288986 and 01996231
- Volume :
- 121
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2dd003794545f83aa6a37ae27bad2de3