Advanced Stirling conversion systems for terrestrial applications [PDF]
, 1987 Under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Thermal Technology Program, Sandia National Laboratories (SNLA) is developing heat engines for terrestrial Solar Distributed Heat Receivers.
Shaltens, R. K.
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Test results of a Stirling engine utilizing heat exchanger modules with an integral heat pipe [PDF]
The Heat Pipe Stirling Engine (HP-1000), a free-piston Stirling engine incorporating three heat exchanger modules, each having a sodium filled heat pipe, has been tested at the NASA-Lewis Research Center as part of the Civil Space Technology Initiative ...
Brusk, Kevin D. +3 more
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A conceptual study of the potential for automotive-derived and free-piston Stirling engines in 30- to 400-kilowatt stationary power applications [PDF]
The technical feasibility of applying automotive-derived kinematic and free-piston Stirling engine concepts for stationary applications was explored. Automotive-derived engines offer cost advantages by providing a mature and developd engine technology ...
Chen, H. S., Dineen, J., Vatsky, A.
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Comparison of Stirling engines for use with a 25-kW disk-electric conversion system [PDF]
Heat engines were evaluated for terrestrial solar heat receivers. The Stirling Engine was identified as one of the most promising engines for terrestrial applications.
Shaltens, Richard K.
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Recent Advances in Design of Low Cost Film Concentrator and Low Pressure Free Piston Stirling Engines for Solar Power [PDF]
, 1984 The free piston Stirling-linear alternator was shown to be scalable to power levels of tens of kilowatts in a form which is simple, efficient, long lived and relatively inexpensive.
Beale, W. +2 more
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Preliminary designs for 25 kWe advanced Stirling conversion systems for dish electric applications [PDF]
Under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Thermal Technology Program, Sandia National Laboratories is evaluating heat engines for terrestrial Solar Distributed Heat Receivers.
Schreiber, Jeffrey G. +1 more
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The 25 kWe solar thermal Stirling hydraulic engine system: Conceptual design [PDF]
The conceptual design and analysis of a solar thermal free-piston Stirling hydraulic engine system designed to deliver 25 kWe when coupled to a 11 meter test bed concentrator is documented.
Emigh, Grant +4 more
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RE-1000 free-piston Stirling engine update [PDF]
A free piston Stirling engine was tested. The tests performed over the past several years on the single cylinder engine were designed to investigate the dynamics of a free piston Stirling engine.
Schreiber, J. G.
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Overcoming power-efficiency tradeoff in a micro heat engine by engineered system-bath interactions. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Krishnamurthy S, Ganapathy R, Sood AK.
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A 1987 overview of free-piston Stirling technology for space power application [PDF]
An overview is presented of the NASA Lewis Research Center free-piston Stirling engine activities directed toward space-power application. NASA Lewis serves as the project office to manage the newly initiated NASA SP-100 Advanced Technology Program.
Alger, Donald L., Slaby, Jack G.
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