• DocumentCode
    2594463
  • Title

    International trends in Stirling engine technology development

  • Author

    Reader, G.T. ; Fauvel, O.R. ; Walker, G.

  • Author_Institution
    dept. of Mech. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    6-11 Aug 1989
  • Firstpage
    2317
  • Abstract
    A brief survey is given of the International Stirling Engine Conferences (ISECs) since 1982, aimed at providing an insight into the international development trends over the last eight years. The discussion covers international participation, sources (industry versus academic), topics, and trends. The 1988 conference in Tokyo, the largest to date, is discussed in some detail
  • Keywords
    heat engines; Stirling engine; heat engines; international development trends; Councils; Energy conversion; Europe; Government; Mechanical engineering; Meeting planning; Power engineering and energy; Research and development; Stirling engines; Vehicles;
  • 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.1989.74797
  • Filename
    74797