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 …

Performance comparison of a thermoelectric generator applied in conventional vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles

S Lan, R Stobart, R Chen - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid electric vehicles constitute an important stage in the global paradigm shift from
conventional fossil-fuelled vehicles to electric vehicles. Thermoelectric generators, as a …

Study on the coupling between engine and alternator in a free-piston Stirling generator

Z Jia, R Wang, J Hu, L Zhang, Z Wu, Y Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The free-piston Stirling generator (FPSG) is composed of a free-piston Stirling engine
(FPSE) and a linear alternator. The coupling relationship between the two parts directly …

Advances on a free-piston Stirling engine-based micro-combined heat and power system

Z Jiang, G Yu, S Zhu, W Dai, E Luo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising supplement to traditional central electric generation technologies, a
distributed combined heat and power (CHP) system is conducive to renewable energy …

Fuel saving potential analysis of bifunctional vehicular waste heat recovery system using thermoelectric generator and organic Rankine cycle

S Lan, Q Li, X Guo, S Wang, R Chen - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) have both been identified
as reliable waste heat recovery (WHR) technologies, although they are different in energy …

Thermoacoustic hysteresis of a free-piston Stirling electric generator

H Sun, G Yu, D Zhao, W Dai, E Luo - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A panorama of thermoacoustic hysteresis of a free piston Stirling electric generator (FPSG)
was studied, where a thermoacoustic networks approach was proposed to model the …

Operating characteristics of a 15 W free-piston Stirling generator

D Sun, J Zhang, S Ge, Q Shen, J Linghu, Y Qi - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Free-piston Stirling generators (FPSGs) show great potential in portable power
sources for the advantages of high reliability, high efficiency, low noise, compact structure …

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 …

Dynamic and thermodynamic characterization of a resonance tube-coupled free-piston Stirling engine-based combined cooling and power system

H Sun, G Yu, W Dai, L Zhang, E Luo - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel resonance tube-coupled free-piston Stirling engine-based
combined cooling and power (FPS-CCP) system for future application in scavenging …