STIRLING ENGINE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION USING SCHMIDT ANALYSIS BY CONSIDERING DIFFERENT LOSSES

Rakesh K. Bumataria, Nikul K. Patel

Abstract: A low temperature ratio Stirling engine analysis required for cost effective, less environment harmfulness and more efficient power generation compare to Rankine cycle and Brayton cycle for this temperature ratio. A new and complete model for a Stirling engine has been established. This computerized model predicts the behavior of existing engines reasonably accurately for cases where a quantitative comparison is available. In order to obtain a closed solution suitable for design optimization a simplified model for a Stirling engine has been derived considering different types of losses in this engine. This new model has sufficient accuracy for prediction of the behavior a real engine and its results are quite close to the complete model predictions

Keywords: Stirling Engine, Schmidt Analysis, Low temperature ratio, Engine Losses, computerized model

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0208067