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Development Of A Theoretical Decoupled Stirling Cycle Engine, Barry Cullen, Jim Mcgovern
Development Of A Theoretical Decoupled Stirling Cycle Engine, Barry Cullen, Jim Mcgovern
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The Stirling cycle engine is gaining increasing attention in the current energy market as a clean, quiet and versatile prime mover for use in such situations as solar thermal generation, micro cogeneration and other micro distributed generation situations. A theoretical Stirling cycle engine model is developed. Using a theoretical decoupled engine configuration in which working space swept volume, volume variation, phase angle and dead space ratio are controlled via a black-box electronic controller, a model is developed that is to be used as a tool for analysis of the ideal Stirling cycle engine and the limits on its real world …