Archive for the ‘Stirling engine simulation’ Category
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
How big should your Stirling engine power piston be?
A common problem Stirling engine designers face is how much volume should the power piston sweep in comparison with the displacer? This of course only applies to a Beta or Gamma engine; an alpha engine designer faces a related problem of what ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Stirling Engine Simulator
I recently added a Stirling engine simulator to this site. It’s shown on your right in the navigation bar under the Pages heading. The guide below should be helpful to those interested in using the simulator. In the future I’ll post more information on using the simulator and ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
This Excel 2003 spreadsheet stirling-cycle-ideal-v-02 lets you input the basic values for a Stirling cycle engine and calculates various quantities such as pressures, work in, work out, heating, cooling, and ideal efficiency.
Don’t use this spreadsheet with the idea that your engine will get close to the values it shows ...
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