Modeling for control of a kinematic wobble-yoke Stirling engine

Eloísa García-Canseco, Alejandro Alvarez-Aguirre and Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen

Renewable Energy, 2015, vol. 75, issue C, 808-817

Abstract: In this paper we derive the dynamical model of a four-cylinder double-acting wobble-yoke Stirling engine. In addition to the classical thermodynamics methods that dominate the literature of Stirling mechanisms, we present a control systems viewpoint to analyze the dynamic properties of the engine. We show that the Stirling engine can be viewed as a closed-loop system, in which the pressure variations in the cylinders behave as the feedback control law.

Keywords: Cogeneration; Control systems; Energy conversion; Modeling; Stirling engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.038

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