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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Development And Optimization Of Liquid Piston Stirling Engines
  name:
    name part: Walsh, Daniel A.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Holtzapple, Mark
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  type of resource: software, multimedia
  genre: Undergraduate thesis
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 1996
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    extent: 1 online resource (91 pages).
  abstract: The liquid piston Stirling engine is an environmentally conscious technology developed to replace the electric heat pump and the gas furnace. Dr. Holtzapple's innovative modifications to existing Stirling engine technology has lead to promising results. Working engines based on this ''bounce chamber" modification have been built; however, they have exhibited poor performance. Rather than investing more funds in equipment modifications, it was decided that the system should first be modeled. This would hopefully provide great insight into what needed to be done to improve engine performance. A Visual Basic program was developed to model the engine. This graphically oriented program was designed specifically to give the user a clear understanding of how key engine parameters related to engine performance. A FORTRAN multidimensional global optimization program was also written because of the enormous computational requirements required for proper parameter optimization. Results to date show a nine fold increase in engine power. More trials are required before the engine parameters are fully optimized and trends are developed.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Undergraduate thesis written for Program year: 1995/1996
  note: Digitized from print version held at Pickle Center High Density Storage, barcode 24829706
  note: University Undergraduate Fellow, sponsored by Chemical Engineering Department.
  note: HDR
  subject:
    topic: engine performance
  subject:
    topic: FORTRAN optimization program
  subject:
    topic: key engine parameters
  subject:
    topic: Stirling engine
  identifier: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/CAPSTONE-WalshD_1996
  record info:
    record creation date: 231116
    record change date: 20240301200141.3
    record identifier: in00004780562