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Stirling cycle heat pumps and refrigerators. Doctoral thesis.

Author(s) : LUNDQVIST P. G.

Type of monograph: Doctoral thesis

Summary

Refrigerators and heat pumps based on the Stirling cycle have been suggested as an environmentally safe alternative to CFC-based cycles for medium and low temperature lifts. This thesis is a theoretical and experimental study of the thermodynamics of the Stirling cycle, operating as a refrigerator or heat pump. It shows that the Stirling cycle is able to compete with the vapour compression cycle, in terms of energy efficiency, at temperature lifts greater than 60 deg C. The benefits and the limitations of the Stirling cycle are thoroughly discussed. Several examples of design changes, and their influence on performance, are given.

Details

  • Original title: Stirling cycle heat pumps and refrigerators. Doctoral thesis.
  • Record ID : 1997-3686
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Department of applied Thermodynamics and Refrigeration - Sweden/Sweden
  • Publication date: 1993
  • Source: Source: Trita REFR Rep. n. 93-9; 284 p. (16.6 x 24); fig.; tabl.; append.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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