Some aspects of the outline design specification of a 0.5 kW Stirling engine for domestic scale co-generation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Rix, D H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lister Pelter Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detail design; Domestic scale combined heat and power system; Stirling engine; Thermodynamic design optimization

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; SPECIFICATIONS; SPEED; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DOMESTIC SCALE COGENERATION; HIGH VOLUME MASS PRODUCTION; OUTLINE DESIGN SPECIFICATION; SPECIFIC POWER OUTPUT; THERMODYNAMIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; WORKING FLUID;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0029779142     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/pime_proc_1996_210_005_02     Document Type: Article

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