Automotive Stirling-Engine Development Program. Semiannual technical progress report, July 1-December 31, 1981

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6529207

Ernst, W; Piller, S; Richey, A; Simetkosky, M

This is the first semiannual technical progress report prepared under the automotive Stirling Engine Development Program; it covers the fourteenth and fifteenth quarters of activity after award of the contract. Quarterly technical progress reports reported program activities from the first quarter through the thirteenth quarter; thereafter, reporting was changed to a semiannual format. This report summarizes activities performed on Mod I engine testing and test results, progress in manufacturing, assembling and testing of a Mod I engine in the United States, P-40 Stirling engine dynamometer and multifuels testing, analog/digital controls system testing, Stirling reference engine manufacturing and reduced size studies, components and subsystems, computer code development activities. The overall program philosophy is outlined, and data and results are presented.

• Research Organization: Mechanical Technology, Inc., Latham, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-77CS51040
• OSTI ID: 6529207
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/0032-15; NASA-CR-167907; MIT-82ASE248SA1; ON: DE83004802
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330201* -- External Combustion Engines-- Stirling Cycle
AUTOMOBILES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COST
DATA
DESIGN
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EXHAUST GASES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FABRICATION
FAILURES
FLUIDS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HEAT ENGINES
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SIMULATION
STIRLING ENGINES
TESTING
VEHICLES
WASTES
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