SOLAR POWERED STIRLING ENGINE DRIVEN WATER PUMP

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 Solar Engine Design Report

A hot air driven thermoacoustic-Stirling engine

Performance Predictions and Test Results of a Free Piston Stirling Engine Driven Heat Pump

Recent progress on a Stirling engine driven hea t pump is described and a modeling technique for predicting engine dynamics is developed. The system described represents a very p romising configuration of engine driven heat pump, because o f the long life characteristics of the free-piston Stirling engin e and the hermetic nature of both the engine and refrigerant work ing fluids. Recent change...

Dynamic Behavior of a Free-Piston Stirling Engine Driven Heat Pump With Magnetic Coupling

A new low-cost design for a free-piston Stirling engi ne driven heat pump is presented. The new approach uses a linear-acting magnetic coupling to transfer engine power across a hermetic shell. Camp l i ance in the coupling affects the performance and stability of the system, especially with regard to matchin g the engine dynamics to the compressor load. This paper first describes test results ...