Preliminary test results with a Stirling Laboratory Research EngineThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory has designed, assembled, and initiated testing of a Stirling Laboratory Research Engine (SLRE). This preprototype engine provides a research tool to support the development of a broad range of analytical modeling and experimental efforts. The SLRE is a horizontally opposed, two-piston, single-acting Stirling engine with a split crankshaft drive mechanism. The paper discusses the preliminary results obtained during engine motoring tests and compares these results with two different analytical prediction models. Comparisons are made between experiment, the classical Schmidt analysis, and the JPL Stirling Cycle Analysis Model (SCAM). SCAM is a computerized one-dimensional, cyclic, compressible flow model of the SLRE and consists of a compilation of individual component subroutines. The formulation and current state of development of the SCAM program is briefly described.
Document ID
19790067863
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Hoehn, F. W. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Nguyen, B. D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Schmit, D. D. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Control and Energy Conversion Div., Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1979
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Meeting Information
Meeting: Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference