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The paper presents the results of simulation tests of hydraulic resistance and temperature distribution of the prototype Stirling alpha engine supplied with waste heat. The following elements were analyzed: heater, regenerator and cooler. The engine uses compressed air as a working gas. Analyses were carried out for three working pressure values and different engine speeds. The work was carried out in order to optimize the configuration of the engine due to the minimization of hydraulic resistance, while maintaining the required thermal capacity of the device. Preliminary tests carried out on the real object allowed to determine boundary and initial conditions for simulation purposes. The simulation assumes that there is no heat exchange between the regenerator and the environment. The solid model used in simulation tests includes the following elements: supply channel, heater, regenerator, cooler, discharge channel. Due to the symmetrical structure of the analyzed elements, simulation tests were carried out using 1/6 of the volume of the system.
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuły w czasopismach
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Archives of Thermodynamics
no. 40,
pages 123 - 136,
ISSN: 1231-0956 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Bibliographic description:
- Furmanek M., Kropiwnicki J.: Hydraulic resistance analyses of selected elements of the prototype Stirling engine// Archives of Thermodynamics -Vol. 40,iss. 3 (2019), s.123-136
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.24425/ather.2019.129997
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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