摘要:
Thermal machine (12) of the type having a machine body with a main axis extending between a thermal end (16) and a work end (18), said machine body being comprised of a plurality of axial body sections (20, 22), a working fluid at relatively high pressure in a chamber (24) defined in said body and a displacer element (34) reciprocable in said chamber (24) for displacing the working fluid between a hot space and a cold space of said chamber (24) for subjecting the fluid to a thermodynamic cycle in cooperation with a work piston (36), further comprising outer means (56) compressively pre-loading said machine body between said ends (16, 18) for maintaining said body sections (20, 22) in axially assembled operative relationship.
摘要:
A seal means for use in the Stirling engine or the like, the seal means comprising: a cylinder including a piston reciprocating therein, and a buffer chamber located in one of the spaces produced at the both sides of the piston; a tank for storing the working fluid in the buffer chamber when the engine is at rest, the tank being located outside the cylinder; a means for introducing the working fluid in the tank into the buffer chamber under pressure when the engine is started; a crank shaft driven by means of the piston through a piston rod; a crankcase for accommodating the crank shaft; a plurality of packings for preventing the working fluid in the buffer chamber from entering the crankcase by flowing along the outer surface of the moving piston rod, the packings being arranged in contact with the outer surface of the piston rod; and a means for returning the working fluid leaked in the packings from the buffer chamberthrough the moving piston rod to the buffer chamber.
摘要:
A linear, multi-cylinder Stirling cycle machine comprises a plurality of Stirling cycle units arranged in an open series or closed loop. Each of the units comprises a compression space in fluid communication with an expansion space via a regenerative heat exchange assembly. The compression space and expansion space are in fluid communication with, respectively, a compression piston and an expansion piston, and the separate Stirling cycle units are mechanically coupled together by linear power transmitters, which connect the expansion piston of one unit to the compression unit of the other. The linear power transmitters can be linear transducers such as linear motors or generators. In the open series arrangement the series of Stirling cycle units can have an initiating compressor at one end and a terminating expander at the other end. hi the closed loop arrangement, one of the Stirling cycle units can include an exergy throttle to restrict gas flow rates to control the speed of the machine. The machine may be used in a combined heat and power apparatus with some Stirling cycle units acting as engine/generators and with waste heat being used for heating. Some Stirling cycle units can be used for cooling or heat pumping.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for controlling the offset and dynamics of a moving assembly in a reciprocating linear machine such as a linear compressor, heat pump or engine, comprises a gas spring connected to the moving assembly of the reciprocating linear machine and a pressure adjuster for adjusting the gas pressure in the gas spring. A position detector is provided far detecting the position of the moving assembly, either directly using a sensor, or from the drive to the moving assembly, and a controller controls the pressure adjuster in response to the detected position of the moving assembly. By adjusting the gas pressure the offset of the moving assembly can be controlled, and also the spring constant provided by the gas spring, and thus the resonant frequency of the assembly, can be adjusted.
摘要:
A Rankine cycle system, wherein a feed-forward value (NFF) is calculated based on the flow rate (Q) of a vapor-phase acting medium at the outlet of a evaporator (12) and a target pressure (PO) so that the pressure (P) of a vapor-phase acting medium at the inlet of an expander (13) agrees with a target pressure (PO), a feed-back value (NFB) is calculated by multiplying a deviation between the pressure (P) of a vapor-phase acting medium at the inlet of the expander (13) and a target pressure (PO) by feed-back gain (kp) calculated based on the flow rate (Q) of the above vapor-phase acting medium, and the rotation speed of the expander (13) is controlled based on the added/subtracted value of the feed-forward value (NFF) and the feed-back value (NFB). Accordingly, the pressure of a vapor-phase acting medium at the inlet of an expander can be controlled to a target pressure accurately without changing the supply amount of a liquid-phase acting medium to an evaporator.
摘要:
An auxiliary power system (100) for providing electrical power and heat to an indoor area includes an external combustion engine (101), such as a Stirling cycle engine (101), for generating mechanical energy and thermal energy. The external combustion engine burns a fuel with substantially complete combustion such that exhaust emissions from the external combustion engine are below a predetermined exhaust level. A generator (102) is coupled to the external combustion engine (101) and converts the mechanical energy produced by the external combustion engine (101) to electrical power. A first power output is used to provide the electrical power produced by the generator (102). The external combustion engine (101) and generator (102) are disposed within a housing such that the external combustion engine (101), generator (102) and housing combination is a portable size. The thermal energy generated by the external combustion engine (101) may be used to heat the atmosphere surrounding the housing.