Solar Power Generation System Using A Small-Sized Stirling Engine

Stirling Solar Engine Design Report

Efficiency Bound of a Solar-driven Stirling Heat Engine System

A solar-driven Stirling engine is modelled as a combined system which consists of a solar collector and a Stirling engine. The performance of the system is investigated, based on the linearized heat loss model of the solar collector and the irreverisible cycle model of the Stirling engine affected by finite-rate heat transfer and regenerative losses. The maximum efficiency of the system and the...

Stirling engine based solar-thermal power plant with a thermo-chemical storage system

This paper describes a solar-thermal run Stirling engine based uninterrupted power generating system employing magnesium sulphate impregnated Zeolite pellets for thermal energy storage. In the proposed system, Stirling engine design is based on the average temperature difference of 480 C, assuming the heat sink temperature equal to the ambient temperature of that place. In presence of sun, Fres...

Stirling Engines for Low-Temperature Solar-Thermal- Electric Power Generation

Stirling Engines for Low-Temperature Solar-Thermal-Electric Power Generation

Design of a 2.5kW Low Temperature Stirling Engine for Distributed Solar Thermal Generation

This paper focuses on the design of a Stirling engine for distributed solar thermal applications. In particular, we design for the low temperature differential that is attainable with distributed solar collectors and the low cost that is required to be competitive in this space. We will describe how these considerations drive the core design, the methodology for improving the design, and summar...