NASA/DOE AUTOMOTIVE STIRLING ENGINE PROJECT. OVERVIEW 1986

The DOE/NASA Automotive Stirling Engine Project is reviewed and its technical progress and status are presented. Key technologies in materials, seals, and piston rings are progressing well. Seven first-generation engines, and modifications thereto, have accumulated over 15,000 hr of test time, including 1,100 hr of invehicle testing. Results indicate good progress toward the program goals. The first second-generation engine is now undergoing initial testing. It is expected that the program goal of a 30-percent improvement in field economy will be achieved in tests of a second-generation engine in a Celebrity vehicle.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, San Diego, California, 25 August 1986.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Media Info

• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Fuel consumption; Improvements; Materials; Piston rings; Research; Seals (Devices); Securing and joining equipment; Stirling engines
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Materials; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463047
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOE/NASA/50112-66, NASA-TM-87345, CONF-860810-21
• Contract Numbers: AI01-85CE50112
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM