AUTHOR TITLE METHODOLOGY
(JANUARY 2014) Performance To convert thermal energy from
Masoud Toughian Analysis of a two different heat source (solar
Stirling Engine and fossil fuel)
Heated by two The practical stirling cycle
Individual consist of two isothermal and
Sources (Solar two isochoric processes. In this
and Fossil Fuel) study design details of the
manufactured engine were
obtained by using stirling
engine.
The assumptions used in
analysis method, each cell is
open system from a
thermodynamic point of view.
Pressure differences arising
negligible during the
displacement of the working
fluid There is a linear and stable
temperature distribution in the
generator and provides the heat
Helium and air is considered as
ideal gas and used as working
fluid. The total mass of the
system is constant. The heater
and hot cylinder side wall as hot
source temperature. The heater,
cooler and generator volumes
are constant, the hot and cold
cylinder volumes change
according to the crank angle.
FINDINGS SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
This work choose for -Both using Alpha stirling engine The differences are they used a two
low cost design choices -Both using solar radiation individual heat source which are
including low pressure, -Both using hot side heat solar and fossil fuel while our design
helium and air are exchanger and cold side heat uses solar radiation only.
working fluid and exchanger. -They used two types of working
utilization standard fluid which are helium and air to
parts in construction compare the working principles of
and standard material the engine while our design uses
selection. The designed only hot water.
and manufactured -They used water pump in the
prototype engine by aluminum tubes around the engine
using diesel fuel as heat to cool the engine as well while our
source and helium as design did not use any pump.
working fluid inside -They used regenerator to act as a
cylinder at the ambient temporary heat storage while we
temperature tested. have no regenerator used in our
Another time by using design.
sunlight as heat source -They used displacer to shift the
and helium as working working liquid inside the engine
fluid. And one area in while we have to displacer used in
which a large our design.
improvement could be -They used only one piston while
potentially made in the our design used four pistons.
operation of the engine -They used aluminum tube as a focal
is by pressurizing the line while our design used copper
engine. Another way to tube.
improve performance
would be using of
stainless steel shaft and
bushes in the displacer
mechanism of the
engine.