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Comparison of free-piston Stirling engine model predictions with RE1000 engine test data [PDF]

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Predictions of a free-piston Stirling engine model are compared with RE1000 engine test data taken at NASA-Lewis Research Center. The model validation and the engine testing are being done under a joint interagency agreement between the Department of ...
Tew, R. C., Jr.
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Influence of Dead Volume Ration on the Thermodynamic Performance of Free-Piston Stirling Machines

open access: yesModelling
The excellent thermal performance, quiet operation, and fuel flexibility of free-piston Stirling machines enable their broad application potential in sectors such as aerospace, distributed power generation, and industrial waste heat utilization.
Yajuan Wang, Junde Guo
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A 1987 overview of free-piston Stirling technology for space power application [PDF]

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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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Advanced propulsion system concept for hybrid vehicles [PDF]

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A series hybrid system, utilizing a free piston Stirling engine with a linear alternator, and a parallel hybrid system, incorporating a kinematic Stirling engine, are analyzed for various specified reference missions/vehicles ranging from a small two ...
Bhate, S., Chen, H., Dochat, G.
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Cooling Cycle Optimization for a Vuilleumier Refrigerator. [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy (Basel), 2021
Paul R   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

SPIKE-2: a Practical Stirling Engine for Kilowatt Level Solar Power [PDF]

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Recent advances in the art of free piston Stirling engine design make possible the production of 1-10kW free piston Stirling linear alternator engine, hermetically sealed, efficient, durable and simple in construction and operation.
Beale, W. T.
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New 5 Kilowatt Free-piston Stirling Space Convertor Developments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The NASA Vision for Exploration of the moon may someday require a nuclear reactor coupled with a free-piston Stirling convertor at a power level of 30-40 kW. In the 1990s, Mechanical Technology Inc.
Brandhorst, Henry W., Jr.   +1 more
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