SPRE I Free-Piston Stirling Engine Testing at NASA Lewis Research Center

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10181435

Cairelli, J E

As part of the NASA funded portion of the SP-100 Advanced Technology Program the Space Power Research Engine (SPRE I) was designed and built to serve as a research tool for evaluation and development of advanced Stirling engine concepts. The SPRE I is designed to produce 12.5 kW electrical power when operated with helium at 15 MPa and with an absolute temperature ratio of two. The engine is now under test in a new test facility which was designed and built at NASA LeRC specifically to test the SPRE I. This paper describes the SPRE I, the NASA test facility, the initial SPRE I test results, and future SPRE I test plans.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (United States). Lewis Research Center
• Sponsoring Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI03-86SF16310
• OSTI ID: 10181435
• Report Number(s): NASA-TM-100241; CONF-880457-5; ON: DE94051243; TRN: 94:008339
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers solar energy conference,Denver, CO (United States),10-14 Apr 1988; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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