Computation techniques and computer programs to analyze Stirling cycle engines using characteristic dynamic energy equationsThe basic equations that are used to describe the physical phenomena in a Stirling cycle engine are the general energy equations and equations for the conservation of mass and conversion of momentum. These equations, together with the equation of state, an analytical expression for the gas velocity, and an equation for mesh temperature are used in this computer study of Stirling cycle characteristics. The partial differential equations describing the physical phenomena that occurs in a Stirling cycle engine are of the hyperbolic type. The hyperbolic equations have real characteristic lines. By utilizing appropriate points along these curved lines the partial differential equations can be reduced to ordinary differential equations. These equations are solved numerically using a fourth-fifth order Runge-Kutta integration technique.
Document ID
19830046054
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Larson, V. H. (Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Subject Category
Thermodynamics And Statistical Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: IECEC ''82; Seventeenth Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference