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Preliminary designs for 25 kWe advanced Stirling conversion systems for dish electric applications

Author
Shaltens, Richard K.
Published
JAN 1, 1990.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Schreiber, Jeffrey G.
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Under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Thermal Technology Program, Sandia National Laboratories is evaluating heat engines for terrestrial Solar Distributed Heat Receivers. The Stirling engine has been identified by Sandia as one of the most promising engines for terrestrial applications. The Stirling engine also has the potential to meet DOE's performance and cost goals. The NASA Lewis Research Center is conducting Stirling engine technology development activities directed toward a dynamic power source for space applications. Space power systems requirements include high reliability, very long life, low vibration and high efficiency. The free-piston Stirling engine has the potential for future high power space conversion systems, either nuclear or solar powered. Although both applications appear to be quite different, their requirements complement each other. Preliminary designs feature a free-piston Stirling engine, a liquid metal heat transport system, and a means to provide nominally 25 kW electric power to a utility grid while meeting DOE's performance and long term cost goals. The Cummins design incorporates a linear alternator to provide the electrical output, while the STC design generates electrical power indirectly through a hydraulic pump/motor coupled to an induction generator. Both designs for the ASCS's will use technology which can reasonably be expected to be available in the early 1990's
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19900017413.
Accession ID: 90N26729.
E-5573.
NAS 1.15:103188.
DOE/NASA/33408-4.
NASA-TM-103188.
Intersociety Conversion Engineering Conference; 12-17 Aug. 1990; Reno, NV; United States.
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