Design of a small renewable resource model based on the stirling engine with alpha and beta configurations

• Published in: Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Main Author: Zahari F.; Othman M.M.; Musirin I.; Kamaruzaman A.A.M.; Salim N.A.; Rahimullah B.N.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85037641708&doi=10.11591%2fijeecs.v8.i2.pp360-367&partnerID=40&md5=3135acf4d1029951b59f083b098e0727

This paper presents the conceptual design of Stirling engine based Alpha and Beta configurations. The performances of Stirling engine based Beta configuration will be expounded elaborately in the discussion. The Stirling engines are durable in its operation that requires less maintenance cost. The methodology for both configurations consists of thermodynamic formulation of Stirling Cycle, Schmidt theory and few compositions of flywheel and Ross-Yoke dimension. Customarily, the Stirling engine based Beta configuration will operate during the occurrence of low and high temperature differences emanating from any type of waste heat energy. A straightforward analysis on the performance of Stirling engine based Beta configuration has been performed corresponding to the temperature variation of cooling agent. The results have shown that the temperature variation of cooling agent has a direct effect on the performances of Stirling engine in terms of its speed, voltage and output power. © 2017 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.