Field Test of 30kW-Class Stirling Engine Power Generating System Using Biomass

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (776) ◽  
pp. 1031-1035
Author(s):  
Norio OIWA ◽  
Shinsuke FUJIOKA
Keyword(s):  
Field Test ◽  
Stirling Engine ◽  
Generating System ◽  
Engine Power

Performance of a Stirling Engine Regenerator Having Finite Mass

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Pressure Variation ◽  
Stirling Engine ◽  
System Model ◽  
Finite Mass ◽  
Element System ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Cyclic Variations ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Engine Power

The performance of a Stirling engine regenerator subjected to sinusoidal mass flow rate and pressure variation is analyzed. It is shown that cyclic variations in the temperature of the matrix due to its finite mass lead to an increase in the apparent regenerator effectiveness, but a decrease in engine power. Approximate closed-form expressions for both of these effects are deduced. The results of this analysis are compared with the predictions of a finite-element system model, and good agreement is found.

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