Different variables affect the performance of the Stirling engine and are considered in optimization and designing activities. Among these factors, torque and power have the greatest effect on the robustness of the Stirling engine, so they need to be determined with low uncertainty and high precision. In this article, the distribution of torque and power are determined using experimental data. ...

In this paper a novel optimal control strategy for energy management of an off-grid hybrid Stirling engine/Supercapacitor power plant is presented based on preliminary results proposed in [1]. An implementation of the control strategy is performed on a real time target that drives a dedicated testbed with a DC machine reproducing the behaviour of the thermodynamic Stirling Engine. The DC machin...

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 volu...

In this paper, numerical solution of beta-type Stirling engine was presented considering its non-ideal regenerator. To this end, the second-order model including heat and power losses was used. Then, a numerical code was applied for calculating geometrical and physical optimum values of the engine. To confirm the obtained results, the physical and geometrical parameters of the GPU-3 engine were...

The autonomous energetic system is for a residential building and it has as primary sources exclusively renewable resources (biomass and solar energy). For obtaining electrical energy, photovoltaic sources and a Stirling engine are used. They operate simultaneously in 1:3 ratio – electrical/thermal energy. Solar collectors and a pellet boiler are used to cover the necessary of thermal energy. T...

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...