Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of the Stirling Cycle Machine

This book provides a clear & coherent treatment of the key problem of the thermodynamic design of the Stirling cycle machine. The author provides critical analysis of the current problems: undertaking a classification of cycle models, comparing & contrasting the engineering thermodynamics & flow-field approaches, & drawing on the essential concept of dynamic similarity to permit the production of performance maps that have wide applicability. The author also makes use of the ready-made solution methods of unsteady gas dynamics, & taps the vast amount of literature dealing with the crucial, central issue of flow, both compressible & incompressible, through wire screens. Specimen cycle simulations & part-simulations are formulated in detail & subjected to tests of correct phenomenological & numerical functioning. A novel, modular approach to simulation architecture -- the building bloc approach -- is described & illustrated, & is shown to afford particularly simple means of checking.Allan J. Organ is the author of 'Thermodynamics and Gas Dynamics of the Stirling Cycle Machine', published 1992 under ISBN 9780521413633 and ISBN 052141363X.