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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Senft, J. R. (James R.), 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Heat-engines.
Mechanical efficiency.
Thermodynamics.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Energy Transfers in Cyclic Heat Engines
  • Heat Engine Diagrams
  • The Basic Cyclic Heat Engine
  • Buffer Pressure
  • Shaft Work
  • Buffer Pressure and Energy Transfers
  • Mechanism Effectiveness and Mechanical Efficiency
  • Mechanism Effectiveness
  • Mechanical Efficiency
  • Forced Work
  • General Efficiency Limits
  • The Fundamental Efficiency Theorem
  • Stirling Comparison Theorem
  • Constant Mechanism Effectiveness
  • Optimum Buffer Pressure
  • Optimally Buffered Stirling Engines
  • The Mechanical Efficiency Limit
  • The Brake Thermal Efficiency Limit
  • Average Cycle and Optimum Buffer Pressure
  • Compression Ratio and Shaft Work
  • Limits on Compression Ratio
  • Shaft Work Limits
  • Temperature Effects
  • Proof of the Maximum Shaft Work Theorem
  • Pressurization Effects
  • System Charging Monomorphic Engines
  • Engines Charged Above Buffer Pressure
  • Workspace Charging Theorem
  • Charge Effects in Ideal Stirling Engines
  • Workspace Charging Ideal Stirling Engines
  • Efficacious Cycles
  • Non-Efficacious Cycles
  • Practical Implications
  • Crossley-Stirling Engines
  • Crossley Cycles
  • Crossley Cycle Analysis
  • Forced Work of the Crossley Cycle
  • The Swept Volume Ratio Problem
  • Conclusions
  • Generalized Engine Cycles and Variable
  • Buffer Pressure
  • Parametric Representation
  • Average Cycle Pressures
  • Variable Buffer Pressure
  • Buffer Pressure and Energy Transfers
  • Mechanical Efficiency
  • Pressurization Effects
  • Multi-workspace Engines and Heat Pumps
  • Multi-cylinder Engines
  • Split-workspace Engines
  • Engines with Double-acting Pistons
  • Double-acting Split-workspace Engines
  • Heat Pumps
  • Optimum Stirling Engine Geometry
  • The Gamma Engine
  • The Schmidt Analysis
  • The Schmidt Model for Gamma Engines
  • Indicated Work
  • Shaft Work
  • Parameter Effects on Brake Output
  • Optimum Swept Volume Ratio and Phase Angle
  • Swept Volume Ratios
  • Internal Temperatures
  • Indicated Work Maxima
  • Phase Angle
  • Dead Space Effects
  • Alternate Engine Configurations
  • Conclusions
  • Heat Transfer Effects
  • Heat Exchange
  • Heat Transfer Assumptions
  • Maximum Indicated Power
  • Maximum Brake Power
  • Brake Thermal Efficiency at Maximum Power
  • Heat Losses in Stirling Engines
  • Maximum Indicated Power with Heat Leakage
  • Operating Frequency and Temperature Ratio in Stirling
  • Engines
  • Maximum Brake Power of Stirling Engines with Heat Loss
  • Universal Power Maxima
  • Power Relative to Efficiency
  • A General Theory of Machines, Effectiveness, and Efficiency
  • Kinematic Machines
  • State Parameter
  • Actuator Forces
  • Force Relation
  • Internal Energy
  • Force Processes
  • Frictional Dissipation
  • Graphical Representation
  • Reversed Operation
  • Mechanism Effectiveness
  • Content of the Effectiveness Function
  • Actuator Work
  • Constant Internal Energy
  • An Ultra Low Temperature Differential Stirling Engine
  • Background
  • Compression Ratio Limits
  • Mean Volume Specific Work
  • Engine Performance
  • Derivation of Schmidt Gamma Equations
  • Volume and Pressure Functions
  • Indicated Work
  • Forced Work.