A thermodynamic approach to compare the performance of rhombic-drive and crank-drive mechanisms for a beta-type Stirling engine

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 359-367

  Aksoy, F ^a   Solmaz, H ^b   Karabulut, H ^b   Cinar, C ^b   Ozgoren, Y O ^a   Polat, Seyfi ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beta type Stirling engine; Crank drive mechanism; Rhombic drive mechanism; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HOT WORKING; KINEMATICS; STIRLING ENGINES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BETA TYPE STIRLING ENGINE; COLD-END TEMPERATURE; DRIVE MECHANISM; ENGINE EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE AREA; RHOMBIC DRIVES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC APPROACHES;

ENGINES;

EID: 84946099067     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.09.105     Document Type: Article

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