Performance analysis and optimization of a solar powered stirling engine with heat transfer considerations

Chieh Li Chen; Chia En Ho; Her Terng Yau

doi:10.3390/en5093573

Performance analysis and optimization of a solar powered stirling engine with heat transfer considerations

Chieh Li Chen, Chia En Ho, Her Terng Yau

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This paper investigates the optimization of the performance of a solar powered Stirling engine based on finite-time thermodynamics. Heat transference in the heat exchangers between a concentrating solar collector and the Stirling engine is studied. The irreversibility of a Stirling engine is considered with the heat transfer following Newton's law. The power generated by a Stirling engine is used as an objective function for maximum power output design with the concentrating solar collector temperature and the engine thermal efficiency as the optimization parameters. The maximum output power of engine and its corresponding system parameters are determined using a genetic algorithm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3573-3585
Number of pages	13
Journal	Energies
Volume	5
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en5093573
Publication status	Published - 2012 Sept

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Energy (miscellaneous)
Control and Optimization
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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