Review of research on performance of stirling engine regenerators

Erjin Bo

doi:10.54254/2753-8818/5/20230552

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Review of research on performance of stirling engine regenerators

Erjin Bo *^,1,

¹ RDFZ Chaoyang Branch School

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-8818/5/20230552

Abstract

The performance of Stirling engine regenerators has a huge influence on the efficiency of Stirling engines. Hence, the Stirling engine design process focuses on the study of the engine regenerator. To find out possible ways to improve regenerator performance, scholars from different countries have done a lot of research on analytical methods and factors affecting heat flow in the regenerator. Whereas, different ways of modelling are used in these studies, and the results are not organized so well. The present work aims to summarize and arrange other researchers’ work and then provide evidence for practical improvements and optimization. In addition, this work clearly shows the aspects of regenerator analysis, which enables new researchers to better find their orientation.

Keywords

stirling engine, regenerator, porosity, pressure drop, heat transfer

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Bo,E. (2023). Review of research on performance of stirling engine regenerators. Theoretical and Natural Science,5,922-928.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics (CONF-CIAP 2023)

Conference website: https://www.confciap.org/

ISBN：978-1-915371-53-9(Print) / 978-1-915371-54-6(Online)

Conference date: 25 March 2023

Editor：Marwan Omar, Roman Bauer

Series: Theoretical and Natural Science

Volume number: Vol.5

ISSN：2753-8818(Print) / 2753-8826(Online)

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