Design and development of Stirling engines for stationary power generation applications in the 500 to 3000 horsepower range. Volume 2. Program plan

Technical Report · Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6724809· OSTI ID:6724809

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A plan for implementing the proposed state-of-the-art design described in Volume I has been developed. The main objective of the project is to demonstrate a large coal-fired Stirling engine and thus shorten the lead time to commercialization. The demonstration engine will be based on the concepts developed in the first phase of this program, as detailed in Volume I of this report. Thus the proposed program plan is based on the U-4 engine concept fired by a fluidized bed combustor with a two-stage gravity-assisted heat pipe. The plan is divided into five phases and an ongoing supporting technology program. Phase I, Conceptual Design, has been completed. The remaining phases are: Preliminary Design; Final Design; Fabrication; and Testing and Demonstration. The primary target is to begin testing the large coal-fired engine by the fifth year (1985) after the start of Preliminary Design.

• Research Organization: Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc., Newton, MA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-79ET15207
• OSTI ID: 6724809
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/15207-T2(Vol.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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