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Title: An experimental study on a model Stirling engine car

Abstract

A Stirling engine is a mechanical device that operates on a closed regenerative thermodynamic cycle, with cyclic compression and expansion of the working fluid at different temperature levels. The flow is controlled by volume changes, and there exists a net conversion of the heat to work. Stirling engines are ideally suited to off-grid electric power generation because of their multi-fuel capability, potentially high efficiency and low noise. The first model Stirling Techno-rally was held in August 1997 for further promotion of the clean and quiet Stirling engine as one of the Centennial Anniversary events of JSME. In the race, more than one hundred cars competed for the time on a course of 13 meters length and 30 centimeters width. In Ashikaga Institute of Technology, a model Stirling engine car Ashikaga Gekkoh was made for this event. In this paper the authors report on this model car that won the championship of the Stirling Techno-rally.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ashikaga Inst. of Tech., Tochigi (JP)
OSTI Identifier:
20026745
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st Century, Maui, HI (US), 04/11/1999--04/15/1999; Other Information: 1 CD-ROM. Operating system required: Windows i386(tm), i486(tm), Pentium (R) or Pentium Pro, MS Windows 3.1, 95, or NT 3.51, 8 MB RAM; MacIntosh and Power MacIntosh with a 68020 or greater processor, System software version 7.1, 3.5 MB RAM (5 MB for PowerMac) 6 MB available hard-disk space; UNIX; PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Renewable and advanced energy systems for the 21st century, RAES'99 proceedings, by Hogan, R.; Kim, Y.; Kleis, S.; O'Neal, D.; Tanaka, T. [eds.], [1125] pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; STIRLING ENGINES; AUTOMOBILES; SCALE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER

Citation Formats

Sohma, Yutaka, Wu, Chungming, Isshiki, Seita, and Ushiyama, Izumi. An experimental study on a model Stirling engine car. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Sohma, Yutaka, Wu, Chungming, Isshiki, Seita, & Ushiyama, Izumi. An experimental study on a model Stirling engine car. United States.
Sohma, Yutaka, Wu, Chungming, Isshiki, Seita, and Ushiyama, Izumi. 1999. "An experimental study on a model Stirling engine car". United States.
@article{osti_20026745,
title = {An experimental study on a model Stirling engine car},
author = {Sohma, Yutaka and Wu, Chungming and Isshiki, Seita and Ushiyama, Izumi},
abstractNote = {A Stirling engine is a mechanical device that operates on a closed regenerative thermodynamic cycle, with cyclic compression and expansion of the working fluid at different temperature levels. The flow is controlled by volume changes, and there exists a net conversion of the heat to work. Stirling engines are ideally suited to off-grid electric power generation because of their multi-fuel capability, potentially high efficiency and low noise. The first model Stirling Techno-rally was held in August 1997 for further promotion of the clean and quiet Stirling engine as one of the Centennial Anniversary events of JSME. In the race, more than one hundred cars competed for the time on a course of 13 meters length and 30 centimeters width. In Ashikaga Institute of Technology, a model Stirling engine car Ashikaga Gekkoh was made for this event. In this paper the authors report on this model car that won the championship of the Stirling Techno-rally.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20026745}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
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