A single-reciprocating-piston two-phase thermofluidic prime-mover

Department of Prime Mover Engineering

Technological innovations in the field of prime movers have recently made a rapid progress as represented in cars and engines. In the Department of Prime Mover Engineering, research, design and manufacture are carried out with respect to lean burn engine, alternative fuel engine, electric vehicles such as hybrid cars, linear motor cars by use of magnetic levitation, and energy-saving solar cars...

Noise Diagnostic Strategies in a Fractional Horsepower Reciprocating Piston Compressor

Reciprocating Equipment Piston Rod Dynamic Elastic-Plastic Deformation Analysis

Analysis of reciprocating equipment piston rod leads to nonlinear elastic-plastic deformation analysis of rod with initial imperfection under axial dynamic load. In this paper a new and effective model and analytical formulations are presented to evaluate dynamic deformation and elastic-plastic stresses of reciprocating machine piston rod. This new method has capability to account for geometric...

Nonlinear Model For Reciprocating Equipment Piston Rod Elastic Plastic Deformation

Reliability assessment of reciprocating equipment piston rod leads to nonlinear elastic-plastic deformation analysis of rod with initial imperfection under axial dynamic load. In this paper a new and effective model and analytical simulation method are presented to evaluate dynamic deformation and elastic-plastic stress of reciprocating machine piston rod. This new method has capability to acco...

Selection of the optimum prime mover and the working fluid in a regenerative organic rankine cycle

A regenerative organic Rankine cycle (RORC) is modeled and optimized for the use of waste heat recovery from a prime mover (PM). Three PMs including, a diesel engine, a gas engine, and a microturbine are selected in this study. Four refrigerants including isobutane, R123, R134a, and R245fa are selected. The nominal capacity of the PM, PM operating partial load, turbine inlet pressure, condenser...