STIRLING POWERED VAN PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Stirling Powered Van Program (SPVP) is a multiyear, multiphase program to evaluate the automotive Stirling engine (ASE) in Air Force vans under realistic conditions. The objective of the SPVP is to have a manufacturer and end user(s) (i.e., on the path to commercialization) of the second-generation Mod II ASE upon completion of the Automotive Stirling Engine Program in 1987. In order to meet this objective, the SPVP must establish Stirling performance, integrity, reliability, durability, and maintainability. This paper reviews the ASE Program background leading to the Van Program and focuses on plans for evaluating the kinematic Stirling engine in Air Force vans. Also discussed are the NASA technology transfers to industry that have been accomplished and those which are currently being developed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, 24 Feb. 1986.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44135
• Authors:
  • Shaltens, R K
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Performance; Stirling engines; Vans; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00461661
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/NASA-50112-62, NASA-TM-87227, CONF-860263-1
• Contract Numbers: AI01-85CE50112
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM