FUTURE COAL-BURNING STIRLING ENGINES

The high price and limited availability of oil fuel are discussed as a motive to return to coal as the primary fuel. This provides unprecedented opportunities for applications of Stirling engines to stationary power and automotive applications over a broad spectrum. For heavy automotive application in railway locomotives and the larger off-highway mining and earth moving vehicles, it appears possible for Stirling engines of corresponding power and efficiency to replace diesels in the same installation envelope.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

  P.O. Box 24, Northgate Avenue
  Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 6BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Walker, G M
  • Fauvel, R
  • Srinivasan, S
  • Gustafson, R
  • Van Benthem, J
• Conference:
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Proc Part A
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 197

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air engines; Coal; Combustion; Fuels; Locomotives; Stirling engines; Technology assessment; Vehicle design; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines; Locomotive design
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382260
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM