A free-piston Stirling engine/linear alternator controls and load interaction test facility
Conference
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OSTI ID:6956529
A test facility at LeRC was assembled for evaluating free-piston Stirling engine/linear alternator control options, and interaction with various electrical loads. This facility is based on a 'SPIKE' engine/alternator. The engine/alternator, a multi-purpose load system, a digital computer based load and facility control, and a data acquisition system with both steady-periodic and transient capability are described. Preliminary steady-periodic results are included for several operating modes of a digital AC parasitic load control. Preliminary results on the transient response to switching a resistive AC user load are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (United States). Lewis Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 6956529
- Report Number(s):
- N-92-31262; NASA-TM--105825; E--7259; NAS--1.15:105825; CONF-920801--; CNN: NAS3-25266; RTOP 590-13-11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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42 ENGINEERING
425003* -- Engineering-- Power Cycles-- Stirling-- (1980-)
COMPUTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONS
HEAT ENGINES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PISTONS
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
STIRLING CYCLE
STIRLING ENGINES
SWITCHING CIRCUITS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
425003* -- Engineering-- Power Cycles-- Stirling-- (1980-)
COMPUTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONS
HEAT ENGINES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PISTONS
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
STIRLING CYCLE
STIRLING ENGINES
SWITCHING CIRCUITS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES