Publication detail

Micro Combined Heat and Power Plant Based on the Stirling Engine

PÍŠTĚK, V. KAPLAN, Z. NOVOTNÝ, P.

English title

Micro Combined Heat and Power Plant Based on the Stirling Engine

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

The paper presents the most significant results achieved within a three-year grant project aimed at designing and building of a micro plant prototype for combined heat and power production on the basis of a 3 kW external combustion engine. Solution of the given complex problem was based on a detailed analysis and critical evaluation of the existing scientific knowledge and the know-how, and involved the application of general power engineering, thermodynamics and thermokinetics, computer-aided design, applied mechanics, strength of materials, material engineering, production technology, electrical engineering and technical experiment. Computational modeling of real working cycles of external combustion engines and application of virtual prototypes used when optimizing their mechanical structures enabled to shorten considerably many development tasks. As a demo project, the first stage of solution included building of a micro plant with electric output to 500 W with the gamma-modification Stirling engine, and subsequently a micro plant with electric output to 3 kW.

Keywords in English

Stirling engine, real thermodynamic cycle, crank mechanism, balancing, multi-body system, electric generator

Released

2005-12-01

Publisher

ČVUT v Praze

Location

Praha

ISSN

1214-0821

Volume

2005

Number

4

Pages from–to

8–16

Pages count

9

BIBTEX


@article{BUT46149,
  author="Václav {Píštěk} and Zdeněk {Kaplan} and Pavel {Novotný}",
  title="Micro Combined Heat and Power Plant Based on the Stirling Engine",
  journal="MECCA - Journal of Middle European Costruction and Design of Cars",
  year="2005",
  volume="2005",
  number="4",
  pages="8--16",
  issn="1214-0821",
  url="http://bozek.cvut.cz/mecca"
}