Externally Heated Valve Engine A New Approach to Piston Engines /

• Main Authors: Kazimierski, Zbyszko (Author), Wojewoda, Jerzy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engines.; Machinery.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Engine Technology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book reports on a novel approach for generating mechanical energy from different, external heat sources using the body of a typical piston engine with valves. By presenting simple yet effective numerical models, the authors show how this new approach, which combines existing internal combustion...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Early Design of the EHVE – Calculation Method and Thermodynamic Cycle
• Experimental Investigations of the EHVE
• Early EHVE with Two Small Heaters and Additional Devices to Improve Heat Exchange
• Newly Developed 2-stroke EHVE
• Separate Settling Chambers in the Improved 2-stroke EHVE
• Further Development of the EHVE – a 4-stroke Engine
• EHVE Versus Stirling Engines – a Comparison.