Design considerations for a power optimized regenerative endoreversible Stirling cycle

An evaluation of the major theoretical considerations concerning the design of an endoreversible Stirling cycle with ideal regeneration is given. The factors affecting optimum power and efficiency at optimum power are analyse d for the cycle based upon higher and lower temperature bounds. Heat transf er characteristics of the regenerator and the thermal source and sink, indi vidual process times for the cycle have been studied with respect to engine design parameters like speed, compression ratio, etc. The results of this study provide additional information for use in the optimized design and ev aluation of Stirling engines. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.