STIRLING ENGINE

A PROJECT REPORT
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HISTORY
Inventor = Robert Stirling (1790 - 1878) Sought to replace the steam turbines of his days due to frequent explosion caused by unsustainable high pressure killing and injuring workers Invented Stirling engine in 1816 which could not explode and produce more power then the steam engine used.

STIRLING ENGINE
Device that converts heat energy to mechanical power by alternately compressing and expanding a fixed quantity of working fluid at different temperatures. Regeneration as alternative.

WHY STIRLING ENGINE?

Best teaching and learning for any engineering students device especially in the field of thermodynamics. Unique technology. An innovation with hundreds of application. An innovation with a mission to save the earth. Fuel independency. With out fuels to function.

MAIN COMPONENTS
Power piston small tightly sealed piston that moves up when the gas inside the engine expands Displacer larger piston and it is very loose in its cylinder so air can move easily between the heated cooled sections of the engine as the displacer moves up and down These piston move by the action of compression and expansion. Difference in pressure causes the piston to move and produce power.

Components of Stirling Engine

Engine Head Engine Cylinder

Engine Crankshaft

Piston

Piston Pin

Piston Pin Lock

COMMON CONFIGURATION

GAMMA MECHANICAL CONFUGURATION

WORKING PRINCIPLE
I. One side of the engine is continuously rotated by motor. II. First, when the piston moves BDC to TDC, the air is compressed inside the cylinder.
III. Then the air moves through the regenerator to the cold side, where it cools off and contracts pulling down on the piston. IV. Temperature change inside the engine produces the pressure change needed to push on the piston and make the engine run.

FABIRICATION

ADVANTAGES
Various heat sources (solar, geothermal, nuclear energy, waste heat, biological) Environmental friendly Heat is external and the burning of a fuel-air mixture can be more accurately controlled. Operates at relatively low pressure and thus are much safer than typical steam turbines Less manpower needed to operate any type of commercial Stirling engine.

APPLICATIONS
Water pump stations Combined heat and power plant Solar power generation Stirling cyrocoolers Heat pump Marine engines Nuclear power Aircraft engines Micro CHP

APPLICATION
WATER PUMP STATION
A Stirling engine used for pumping water can be configured so that the water cools the compression space. This is most effective when pumping cold water.

 STIRLING CYROCOOLERS
Any Stirling engine will also work in reverse as a heat pump. When a motion is applied to the shaft, a temperature difference appears between the reservoirs.

NUCLEAR POWER
Replacing the steam turbines of the nuclear power plant with Stirling engine might simplify the plant, yield greater efficiency, and reduce the radioactivity by products.

CONCLUSION
Unlimited source of heat source Political awareness of green heat and power production. Large market experiencing rapid growth. Many different possible applications. Time to change.