Engineering solutions for an autonomous power unit's prime engines

Nowadays trends in a development of autonomous sources of energy, as well as positive results of a multi-year design and improvement of free-piston engines with the external feed of heat, which are working on Stirling cycle (FPSE), created prerequisites for a successful commercialization of that type of engines. Obtained characteristics of FPSE, a degree of constructive elements' elaboration and an optimization of thermodynamic cycle's parameters, will allow engines of that type in the nearest future to take steady positions on the market, especially in a segment of an autonomous power units. The presented paper is dedicated to a search of engineering options for an implementation of a primary engine for an autonomous low-power power units and a comparative analysis of main technical characteristics of FPSE with parameters of kinematic engines with an external feed of heat (EEFH). (Lezhnev L., Ivanov D., Shustrov F. Engineering solutions for an autonomous power unit's prime engines. Life Sci J 2014;11(12):352-359) (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 67

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