Method of governing the working gas temperature of a solar heate

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1981-07-29

1984-07-03

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of...

Unit of mass is a gas which is heated or cooled in one of a...

60521, 606418, 290 40C, F02G 106

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ABSTRACT:
A closed-cycle hot gas engine heated by solar radiation is provided with a governing system varying the working gas pressure so as to vary the power output at a constant high temperature level of the working gas and--at least partly--at a constant engine speed.

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Bratt et al., "The Stirling Engine-A Ready Candidate for Solar Thermal Power," S.A.E. Technical Paper, presented at the International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 23-27, 1981.
NASA, Design Study of a Kinematic Stirling Engine for Dispersed Solar Electric Power Systems, DOE/NASA/0056-79/2; NASA CR-159588; 1980 Final Report.

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