Comparative study on the performance of different drive mechanisms used in a beta type Stirling engine through thermodynamic analysis
Comparative study on the performance of different drive mechanisms used in a beta type Stirling engine through thermodynamic analysis
In this study, thermodynamic and kinematic analyses of bell crank, slidercrank, rhombic and scotch yoke drive mechanisms were performed for a betatype Stirling engine with a swept volume of 365 cm3. The kinematic analysesof Stirling engines with these different drive mechanisms were investigated byusing the MSC Adams program, and the pressure-volume variations dependingon the crankshaft angle were determined by using the isothermal analysismethod. It was determined that compression and expansion volume values ofrhombic drive mechanism were close to each other, while compression volumevalue was extremely higher than expansion volume value in other drivemechanisms. For this reason, in this research conducted with working fluid ofequal amount (m=0.000716 kg), for all of drive mechanisms, it was determinedthat engine with rhombic drive mechanism generates 19.2% net work morethan the other drive mechanism. The masses of working fluid used in 1 barcharge pressure from engines with bell crank, slider crank, rhombic and scotchyoke drive mechanism were 0.000716 kg, 0.000737 kg, 0.000536 kg and0.000724 kg, respectively. The net work amounts obtained as a result of thethermodynamic analyses made for the 1 bar charge pressure value in bell crank,slider crank, rhombic and scotch yoke drive mechanisms are 12.85 J, 12.44 J,11.61 J and 13.05 J, respectively. In this research conducted with working fluidin the same charge pressure, it was determined that 10.8% less net work wasobtained from engine with rhombic drive mechanism. Since all the changes ofthe volume in the bell crank, slider crank and scotch yoke drive mechanismsare very close to each other, the net work performance values obtained withthe equal amount of working fluid and the same charge pressure values are alsovery close to each other.
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