The Stirling alternative : power systems, refrigerants, and heat pumps / Graham Walker ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Walker, G. (Graham).
Material type: BookPublisher: Yverdon, Switzerland : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1994Description: xxvii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 2881246001 .Subject(s): Stirling engines | Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery | Heat pumpsDDC classification: 621.4Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 621.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009742 | ||
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
Introduction -- A potted history -- Closure -- Part One: Fundamentals of stirling technology -- Definition and terminology -- Thermodynamic laws and cycles: some elementary considerations -- The stirling cycle -- Practical regenerative cycle -- Theoretical aspects and computer simulation of stirling machines -- Mechanical arrangements -- Control systems -- Heat exchangers -- Performance characteristics -- Working fluids -- Closure -- Part Two: Applications of stirling machines -- Advantages of stirling machines -- Disadvantages of stirling machines -- Stirling versus internal combustion engines -- Stirling versus rankine engines -- Applications for stirling machines -- Stirling power systems -- Closure -- Part Three: The literature and sources of supply -- The literature of stirling engines -- The literature of cryocoolers -- The National Technical Information Service searches -- Database computer searches -- Project Study allocation -- Conclusion -- Sources.