SYNOPSIS

STIRLING CYCLE ENGINE

AIM:
Conversion of heat energy to mechanical work using Stirling cycle Engine
DEFINITION:
A Stirling Engine is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and
expansion of air or other gas, the working fluid, at different temperature levels
such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.

THEORY:
A Stirling engine works on the Stirling cycle principle where the compression
and expansion take place at constant temperature (T=C). This is traditionally
designated an external combustion engine in contrast with an internal
combustion engine where the heat is put in by combustion of fuel within the
body of the working fluid. The Stirling engine encloses a fixed quantity of
permanently gaseous fluid such as air or helium. Typical of heat engines, the
general cycle consists of compressing cool gas, heating the gas, expanding the
hot gas, and finally cooling the gas before repeating the cycle.

Figure 1: A pressure/volume graph of the idealized Stirling engine

The idealised Stirling cycle consists of four thermodynamic processes acting on the working
fluid:

 Isothermal Expansion. The expansion-space and associated heat exchanger are

maintained at a constant high temperature, and the gas undergoes near-isothermal
expansion absorbing heat from the hot source.
 Constant-Volume (known as isovolumetric or isochoric) heat-removal. The gas is
passed through the regenerator, where it cools transferring heat to the regenerator for
use in the next cycle.
 Isothermal Compression. The compression space and associated heat exchanger are
maintained at a constant low temperature so the gas undergoes near-isothermal
compression rejecting heat to the cold sink
 Constant-Volume (known as isovolumetric or isochoric) heat-addition. The gas passes
back through the regenerator where it recovers much of the heat transferred in 2,
heating up on its way to the expansion space.

PROCEDURE:
 Designing of Stirling cycle Engine.
 Machine the parts according to the required dimensions.
 Assemble the machined parts.
 Verification of the Design
 Provide the initial energy to start the engine.
 Mathematical validation for the efficiency of the Stirling cycle engine.

Batch No: 13 Signature of guide

1)Muzammil Ali Khan (1SG07ME029)
2)Suraj T(1SG07ME054) (Harish.B.R)
3)Kare Gowda S(1SG07ME019)
4)Pratheek D R(1SG07ME040) Signature of H.O.D(Mech)