Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
10-31-1993
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
First Advisor
Rajesh N. Dave
Second Advisor
Avraham Harnoy
Third Advisor
Rong-Yaw Chen
Abstract
Most of the methods developed to analyze the performance of regenerators make assumptions which are not valid in Stirling cycle regenerators. To more adequately describe the conditions of an actual Stirling cycle regenerator a more complex method has been investigated. This method takes into account the time dependence of the mass flow and pressure fluctuations and considers the temperature dependence of the thermophysical properties.
The solution is accomplished by finite difference techniques. The solution determines the temperature distributions of the gas and matrix along the length of the regenerator and calculates the effectiveness over a cycle. A wide range of parameters can be varied in the analysis including pressure, mass flow rate, speed of operation and size. In general it was found that the effectiveness decreased with an increase in the mass flow rate but increased with an increase in the speed of operation. Variations in the pressure and phase angle had little influence on the effectiveness. An increase in the matrix size resulted in an increase in the effectiveness of the regenerator.
Recommended Citation
Cravo, Cesar A., "Performance of the stirling cycle thermal regenerator" (1993). Theses. 1746.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1746
