Energy applications of magnetocaloric materials

A Kitanovski - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The need for energy‐efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration, heat pumping, air
conditioning, and thermal energy harvesting systems is currently more urgent than ever …

Design and optimization of Stirling engines using soft computing methods: a review

S Zare, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh, A Aghahosseini… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The need for energy converters with high thermal efficiency is a central issue in the field of
renewable energies. So far, different technologies have been introduced for converting …

Thermoacoustic Stirling engines: A review

S Zare, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh… - … Journal of Green …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Thermoacoustic Stirling engines (TASEs) are the acoustic equivalents of Stirling
engines. They have attracted much attention from researchers due to their unique features …

Estimation of limit cycle amplitude after onset threshold of thermoacoustic Stirling engine

SH Hsu, YT Li - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This study estimates the amplitude saturation process of spontaneous pressure oscillations
in the thermoacoustic Stirling engine, which harnesses a stack-screen regenerator, after the …

Justifying performance of thermo-acoustic Stirling engines based on a novel lumped mechanical model

AR Tavakolpour-Saleh, S Zare - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel lumped mechanical model incorporating modern control theory
to investigate performance and startup condition of thermo-acoustic Stirling engines …

Assessment of a diaphragm thermoacoustic Stirling engine using the energy standpoint and genetic algorithm

S Zare, M makki, M Rasooli, HS Alavi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a novel method to estimate the design parameters of a diaphragm
thermoacoustic Stirling engine and investigate the stable limit cycle (sufficient condition) of …

Modeling, construction, and testing of a diaphragm thermoacoustic Stirling engine

S Zare, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, a diaphragm thermoacoustic Stirling engine is modeled, constructed, and
tested. First, the working principle of the thermoacoustic system is justified based on a new …

Analytical investigation of free piston Stirling engines using practical stability method

S Zare, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh, T Binazadeh - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2023 - Elsevier
The existence of a stable limit cycle in the dynamical system (sufficient condition) of free
piston Stirling engines (FPSEs) is the main challenge for designers to achieve. Therefore …

An averaging-based Lyapunov technique to design thermal oscillators: A case study on free piston Stirling engine

AR Tavakolpour-Saleh, S Zare - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This article introduces a novel averaging-based Lyapunov approach to design complex
oscillators such as free-piston Stirling engines (FPSEs). First, a class of thermal oscillators …

A design method based on neural network to predict thermoacoustic Stirling engine parameters: Experimental and theoretical assessment

S Zare, F Pourfayaz, AR Tavakolpour-Saleh… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A neural network-based design method for thermoacoustic Stirling engines (TASE) is
presented in this work. The main goal of the article is to predict the design parameters …