Displacer gap losses in beta and gamma Stirling engines

M.T. Mabrouk, A. Kheiri and M. Feidt

Energy, 2014, vol. 72, issue C, 135-144

Abstract: An analytical model has been developed to evaluate "displacer gap losses" in the clearance between the displacer and the cylinder in both β and γ configurations of Stirling engines. Displacer gap losses are the sum of the "shuttle heat transfer" and the "enthalpy pumping".

Keywords: Stirling engine; Displacer gap losses; Shuttle heat transfer; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.017

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