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Stirling engine: a standalone construct

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Thermodynamics

closed-cycle heat engine that shuttles a working gas between hot and cold spaces through a regenerator, able to run on any external heat source.

In thermodynamics, Stirling engine refers to closed-cycle heat engine that shuttles a working gas between hot and cold spaces through a regenerator, able to run on any external heat source. This meaning comes from Kongtragool (2003) in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.[1]

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References

Kongtragool, B., & Wongwises, S. (2003). A review of solar-powered Stirling engines and low temperature differential Stirling engines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 7(2), 131-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-0321(02)00053-9

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