Manufacturing and Testing of a V-Type Stirling Engine

An air charged V-type Stirling engine, having 260 cm3 swept volume, was manufactured and tested. Speed-torque characteristics of the engine were obtained for different temperature and charge pressure values in the range of 600oC to 1100oC and 1 to 4 bars. The experiments intended to determine the performance characteristics of the engine at different set up values of pressure and hot source temperature. Maximum output power was obtained at 1100oC and 2.5 bars charge pressure as 65 W. The results are presented in diagrams.