HOW UNCONVENTIONAL STIRLING ENGINES CAN HELP CONSERVE ENERGY

Unconventional Stirling engines, with either a free power piston or free displacer, can efficiently use a wide variety of fuels, including dried organic matter, a major unused fuel resource. Both computer simulations and engine tests have demonstrated self starting and single-valve control of an engine producing hydraulic power from heat without intervening shaft power. Direct hydraulic power for vehicles is evaluated as is a mechanical power concept particularly attractive because of thermally regenerative braking. Finally a design concept for a double-Stirling- engine chiller is presented which can use 200 deg F heat from a flat plate solar collector or higher temperature combustion heat sources to more efficiently produce heating and cooling for buildings than is now possible.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is from the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 9th Proceedings.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Martini, W R
  • WHITE, M A
  • DeSteese, J G
• Conference:
  • This paper is from the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 9th Proceedings.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1092-99

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy; Engine components; Fuel consumption; Heating (Structures); Hydraulic equipment; Machine valves; Simulation; Stirling engines
• Old TRIS Terms: Engine valves
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097743
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE Paper No. 749151
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM