Performance comparison of a novel configuration of beta-type Stirling engines with rhombic drive engine


SOLMAZ H., KARABULUT H.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, cilt.78, ss.627-633, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 78
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.11.028
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.627-633
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Stirling engine, Beta type, Rhombic drive, Lever driven, MICRO-CHP SYSTEM, ENERGY
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study presents a beta type Stirling engine mechanism and its performance analysis. The displacer motion of the engine is performed by a lever mechanism. The performance of the engine was investigated via comparing with a rhombic-drive engine possessing an equal sided rhombic. Comparison was made for kinematic behaviors, power and thermal efficiency. For comparison; the piston swept volume, the inner heat transfer area, the hot and cold end temperatures, the inner heat transfer coefficient, charge pressure and dead volumes were kept equal for both engines. As working fluid the helium was used. Thermodynamic treatments of engines were performed via the nodal analysis. The power of the lever driven engine was found to be greater than the power of the rhombic drive engine. Under the equal charge pressure, the thermal efficiency of the lever driven engine was found to be lower than the efficiency of the rhombic drive engine however, under the equal working fluid mass the thermal efficiency of the lever driven engine was found to be greater than that of the rhombic drive engine. The external volume and mass of the lever driven engine is lower than the rhombic drive engine. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.