Performance analysis and optimization of a solar powered stirling engine with heat transfer considerations

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3573-3585

  Chen, Chieh Li ^a   Ho, Chia En ^a   Yau, Her Terng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Heat transfer; Irreversibility; Maximum power output; Optimization; Stirling engine

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; STIRLING ENGINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENGINE THERMAL EFFICIENCY; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; IRREVERSIBILITY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATIONS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84866543357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5093573     Document Type: Article

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