DocumentCode
2593275
Title
Testing of the STM4-120 kinematic Stirling engine for solar thermal electric systems
Author
Linker, Kevin L. ; Adkins, Douglas R. ; Rawlinson, K. Scott
Author_Institution
Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
6-11 Aug 1989
Firstpage
2231
Abstract
The STM4 120 is being bench-tested at Sandia´s engine test facility and will be combined later with a solar receiver for on-sun evaluation. The test system layout, instrumentation, controls, testing parameters, and preliminary performance results for the STM4-120 are presented. Ten hours of operation have been carried out and used to check out the facility. These preliminary results indicate that the engine is performing to specifications
Keywords
heat engines; solar absorber-convertors; test facilities; testing; thermoelectric conversion; STM4-120 kinematic Stirling engine; heat engines; instrumentation; performance; solar absorber-convertors; solar receiver; solar thermal electric systems; test facility; testing; thermoelectric conversion; Costs; Heat engines; Kinematics; Laboratories; Pistons; Solar heating; Stirling engines; System testing; Test facilities; US Department of Energy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74784
Filename
74784
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