An Investigation on Stirling Engine using Biomass Fuel

Hoshi, Akira; Chiba, Takeyuki; Sasaki, Seizi; Takahashi, Tatsuya

doi:10.1299/jsmeted.2004.271

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“…The amount of heat of exhaust gas and cooling water is calculated using Equations (2) and (3), respectively. Moreover, the amount of heat radiation from the combustion chamber is calculated using Equation (4). The efficiency of the transmission belt and the power generator with inverter are expressed with R b and R i , respectively.…”

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“…If waste products and biomass are used as the fuel of SEG, the discharge control of greenhouse gas and expansion of a new energy source may be realized [4,5]. The subjects of SEG using woody biomass are generation efficiency higher than an internal combustion engine not being obtained, the capacity density of energy being low, the control response characteristic's sufficiently not being known, etc.…”

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Study on woody biomass Stirling cycle for cold region houses

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Int. J. Energy Res.

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A Stirling engine (SEG) using woody biomass is a power generation system that can reduce greenhouse gas discharge. However, improvement of generation efficiency and development of a product are required strongly. In this paper, the energy flow is investigated in experimenting in Test SEG. These results are installed into the energy demand pattern of a cold region houses with much heat demand, and the amount of fuel consumption, power generation efficiency, and a greenhouse gas amount of emission are investigated. Operations of the proposed system are SEG base-load operation and SEG power-load-following operation. Moreover, when there is less exhaust heat of the SEG than a heat demand amount, electric heat pump is operated. From analysis results, the energy cost, the greenhouse gas emission characteristic, the auxiliary heat source, and the operation plan of a heat storage tank due to the conventional method and the proposed system are described. It is thought that greenhouse gas and the energy cost of the SEG cogeneration made to follow power load are advantageous compared with the SEG base-load operation. However, it turned out that improvement in the speed of the load response characteristic of the SEG is required as a future subject.

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Study on woody biomass Stirling cycle for cold region houses

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Kito

Hoshi

et al. 2009

Int. J. Energy Res.

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“…The Stirling engine (SEG) has many choices of fuel, and cogeneration utilization is considered to be clean-energy equipment (1)(2)(3) . If waste products and biomass are used as the fuel of SEG, the discharge control of greenhouse gas and expansion of a new energy source may be realized (4,5) . The subjects of SEG using woody biomass are generation efficiency higher than an internal combustion engine not being obtained, the capacity density of energy being low, the control response characteristic's sufficiently not being known, etc.…”

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Energy Balance of Stirling Engine Cogeneration and Installation Potentiality in Cold Region Houses

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The Stirling engine (SEG) that uses waste product and biomass as fuel is a clean energy system with few greenhouse gas discharges. However, improvement of generation efficiency and development of a product are required strongly. In this paper, the energy flow is investigated in experimenting in Test SEG. These results are installed into the energy demand pattern of cold region houses with much heat demand, and the amount of fuel consumption, power generation efficiency, and a greenhouse gas amount of emission are investigated. Operations of the proposed system are SEG base-load operation and SEG power-load-following operation. Moreover, when there is less exhaust heat of the SEG than a heat demand amount, the electric heat pump is operated. From analysis results, the energy cost, the greenhouse gas emission characteristic, the auxiliary heat source, and the operation plan of a heat storage tank due to the conventional method and the proposed system were described. It is thought that greenhouse gas and the energy cost of the SEG cogeneration made to follow power load are advantageous compared with the SEG base load operation. However, it turned out that improvement in the speed of the load response characteristic of the SEG is required as a future subject.

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