... reflection production solar absorber-convertors solar energy concentrators solar power Stirling engines 17 01 2011 31 05 2011 28 07 2011 28 07 2011 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... at residential and commercial sites. This paper addresses the feasibility study of a low-cost solar-thermal electricity generation technology, suitable for distributed deployment. Specifically, we discuss a system based on nonimaging solar concentrators, integrated with free-piston Stirling engine devices...

...Artin Der Minassians; Seth R. Sanders Analysis, design, fabrication, and experimental assessment of a symmetric three-phase free-piston Stirling engine system is discussed in this paper. The system is designed to operate with moderate-temperature heat input that is consistent with solar-thermal...

... for a complete energy balance around the Stirling engine were measured or approximated by calculations. For the given ambient conditions during the tests, a Stirling engine efficiency of 39.4% could be measured. The overall efficiency for the conversion of solar to electric energy was 22.5%. Gineste , J...

...Francisco J. García Granados; Manuel A. Silva Pérez; V. Ruiz-Hernández One parabolic dish—Stirling engine system—has been in operation at the Engineering School of Seville since March 2004. The unit, based on the Eurodish system, is one of the several Country Reference Units of the EnviroDish...

...K. Mahkamov The use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models significantly extends the capabilities for the detailed analysis of the complex heat transfer and gas dynamic processes that occur in the internal gas circuit of a Stirling engine by more accurately predicting the engine’s performance...

...Viorel Badescu A solar stirling engine based on a horizontal selective flat-plate converter is analyzed in this work. A detailed model for the heat losses towards the atmosphere is presented. The engine’s output power is maximised numerically. The analysis is based on meteorological data measured...

... cost. This arises mainly due to the high cost of the PV elements. Hence, this paper describes some developmental work and results of experimental tests on “low-tech” solar thermal water pumps which were built on the basis of Stirling engines with fluid pistons coupled to flat-plate solar collectors...

... JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING . Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Energy Division, June 2002; final revision, October 2002. Associate Editor: R. Pitz-Paal. 01 June 2002 01 October 2002 08 05 2003 solar absorber-convertors Stirling engines solar energy concentrators...

...Doerte Laing; Magnus Pa˚lsson A hybrid sodium heat pipe receiver has been developed within the project HYHPIRE, funded 50% by the European Commission. The hybrid receiver was designed for the SBP/LCS 10-kWel dish/Stirling system with the SOLO-161 Stirling engine. Design of the heat pipe receiver...

... optical variables measurement CCD image sensors brightness calibration Stirling engines In the last 10 years, three generations of dish/Stirling systems (DISTAL I, DISTAL II and recently EURODISH) developed by Schlaich Bergermann und Partner (SBP) were tested and constantly improved...

... . Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Energy Division, October 2000; final revision, November 2001. Associate Editor: T. Mancini. 01 October 2000 01 November 2001 24 04 2002 solar heating solar absorber-convertors micromechanical devices Stirling engines fuel solar energy...

...Kh. Kh. Makhkamov; D. B. Ingham [S0199-6231(00)00804-2] Stirling engines solar power solar heating thermal analysis losses solar absorber-convertors Prieto et al. 1 propose a generic equation which should be applied to a wide variety of known kinematic Stirling Engines...

... revision, Sept. 2000. Associated Technical Editor: T. R. Mancini. 01 June 2000 01 Sept 2000 solar absorber-convertors Stirling engines losses Stirling engine based units are considered among the most effective alternatives for future solar applications at low power range...