Design and performance of a moderate temperature difference Stirling engine

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1728-1733

  Sripakagorn, Angkee ^a   Srikam, Chana ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Distributed generation; Parabolic trough; Solar energy; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

BETA-TYPE STIRLING ENGINES; CHARGE PRESSURE; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; HEAT SOURCES; KNOW-HOW; LOW COSTS; MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE; MAXIMUM POWER; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; POWER OUT PUT; PRIME MOVERS; SPECIFIC POWER; STIRLING; SWEPT VOLUME; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WALL TEMPERATURES; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; ENGINES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STIRLING ENGINES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS;

DESIGN; ENGINE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 78751706286     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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