The Control of Small Propane Burners for Stirling Engines

Earlier papers have dealt with a number of aspects of the 160 watt power system development program. This paper takes a look at the challenge of controlling small propane burners for a range of Stirling engines. This paper will discuss the bring up algorithm and the closed loop digital control of the engine acceptor temperature in the presence of load disturbances and inherent system non-linearity.