ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We avail this opportunity to express our gratitude indebtedness to all who, directly
or indirectly, had an impact on us for the success of our design project ‘stirling engine’

First of all, with prayers to GOD for his grace and blessings, for without his
unforeseen guidance, this project would have remained only in the dreams.

We express our sincere gratitude to our Principal Prabhakaran M.M Al-Azhar

College of Engineering & Technology, for providing us the ambience for carrying out the
work of our project. We convey our heartfelt thanks to Mr . HANEESH K SHAMS (HOD
MECHANICAL DEPT.) for her immense support and suggestions.

We are also very much thankful to all the faculty members of the AUTOMOBILE
ENGINEERING Department, our parents and all our friends for their valuable suggestions
and cooperation that they have extended to us without inhibition.

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 ABSTRACT

Robert Stirling invented the Stirling engine in 1816 in Scotland. Until the early
1900s the Stirling engine has sought substantial commercial success. But rapid
development of internal-combustion engine and the electric motor in the beginning of the
19th century had severely hampered further development of the Stirling engine. In 1900s,
due to fuel crisis and the growing demand for energy and increasing environmental concern
a wide range of investigations have been made on the development of Stirling engine.

Stirling engine is an engine in which we can use the renewable source of energy. By
using this we can reduce emission and there by conserve nature and environment.

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 CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO

Acknowledgement i

Abstract ii

Contents iii

List of Figures v

1 INTRODCTION 1

2 STIRLING CYCLE DESCRIPTION 2

3 ENGINE THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE 3

3.1 Process 1–2, isothermal compression process 3

3.2 Process 2–3, constant volume regenerative transfer process 4

3.3 Process 3– 4, isothermal expansion process 4

3.4 Process 4–1, constant volume regenerative transfer process 4

4 ENGINE CONFIGURATION 5

4.1 Alpha configuration 5

4.2 Beta configuration 6

4.3 Gamma configuration 6

4.4 Working fluids and heat source 6

5 MODELLING METHOD 7

5.1 First Order Analysis: 7

5.2 Second Order Analysis (decoupled methods) 7

5.3 Third order analysis (coupled methods) 7

6 REGENERATOR 8

6.1 Dead volumes and regenerator ineffectiveness 8

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 6.2 Regenerator packing geometries 9

6.3 rgenerator material 11

6.4 Regenerator effectiveness and thermodynamic analysis 12

6.5 Regenerator matrix surface selection 19

7 STIRLING ENGINE THERMODYNAMICS ANALYSIS 23

8 RESULTS AND COST ESTIMATION 25

9 FUTURE SCOPE 26

10 CONCLUSION 27

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 LIST OF FIGURES

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1 PV &TS Diagram 3

2 Diagram of Engine Configuration 5

3 P-V diagram showing regenerator exit points 8

4 Regenerator packaging 10

5 Geometry of woven screen 13

6 Regenerator temperature profile 14

7 Effectiveness of chart for a balanced and symmetric counter flow 19

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8 P-V Diagram of the modified Stirling engine 24