Optimized Piston Motion for an Alpha-Type Stirling Engine

The Stirling engine is one of the most promising devices for the recovery of waste heat. Its power output can be optimized by several means, in particular by an optimized piston motion. Here, we investigate its potential performance improvements in the presence of dissipative processes. In order to...

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Main Authors: Robin Masser, Abdellah Khodja, Mathias Scheunert, Karsten Schwalbe, Andreas Fischer, Raphael Paul, Karl Heinz Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/6/700