Status of the emerging technology of Stirling machines

Author

Ross, Bella

Author_Institution

Stirling Machine World, West Richland, WA

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The commercialization status of Stirling machines varies from established niche market products to potential products that are in early stages of development. In other words, we are talking about a typical emerging technology. Many organizations are actively pursuing product development based on Stirling machine technology. Stirling machines offer significant performance advantages, but many obstacles remain to be fully resolved, including cost and demonstrated reliability. This article describes the technology upon which Stirling machines are based. Several application areas are then explored, including hot air engines, remote power, solar thermal power, sensor cooling, refrigeration, cogeneration and air-independent propulsion

Keywords

Stirling engines; cooling; refrigeration; Stirling machines; air-independent propulsion; cogeneration; emerging technology; hot air engines; performance advantages; product development; refrigeration; reliability; remote power; sensor cooling; solar thermal power; Helium; Internal combustion engines; Mechanical energy; Pistons; Refrigeration; Space heating; Space shuttles; Stirling engines; Temperature distribution; Thermodynamics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.387976

Filename

387976