Dynamic simulation and performance prediction of free displacer Stirling engines
| Autor: | Melih Okur, Can Çinar, Halit Karabulut |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Stirling engine
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Computer science 020209 energy Mechanical engineering 02 engineering and technology Power (physics) law.invention Dynamic simulation Piston 020401 chemical engineering law 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Performance prediction 0204 chemical engineering |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Green Energy. 17:427-439 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5083 1543-5075 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15435075.2020.1761814 |
| Popis: | In this study, a Stirling engine with a free-displacer and a kinematically controlled power piston was proposed and analyzed from thermodynamic and dynamic points of view. The analysis intended to reveal the dynamic behaviors of moving components of the engine as well as predicting global thermal performance of it. A dynamic-thermodynamic mathematical model of the engine involving the isothermal gas pressure equation and motion equations of the displacer, power piston and crankshaft was developed. For the solution of the dynamic-thermodynamic model equations, and simulation of the engine's running, a computer program was prepared in FORTRAN language. By considering a hot-end temperature of 1,000 K and a cold-end temperature of 350 K, dimensions of mechanic, volumetric and thermal components of the engine were quantified interactively. Variations of engine speed, engine power, displacer stroke, and engine torque were examined with respect to the spring constant, displacer mass, displacer damping constant and external load and, results were graphically presented. In comparison with engines having free-piston and kinematically driven displacer, the thermodynamic performance of the free-displacer engine was found to be lower. The engine was found to be able to work at constant speed and power. The values of the displacer mass and spring constant were optimized as 1,500 g and 1,30,000 N/s, respectively and the global speed of the engine was determined to be 47.75 Hz for these values. The effective and the indicated work of the engine were determined to be 113 and 126 J, respectively. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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