NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
A Stirling engine analysis method based upon moving gas nodesA Lagrangian nodal analysis method for Stirling engines (SEs) is described, validated, and applied to a conventional SE and an isothermalized SE (with fins in the hot and cold spaces). The analysis employs a constant-mass gas node (which moves with respect to the solid nodes during each time step) instead of the fixed gas nodes of Eulerian analysis. The isothermalized SE is found to have efficiency only slightly greater than that of a conventional SE.
Document ID
19870030764
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Martini, W. R.
(Martini Associates Richland, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Accession Number
87A18038
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available