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The Regenerator and the Stirling Engine |  | Author: Allan J. Organ
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 655258
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 624
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 1860580106
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9781860580109
ASIN: 1860580106
Publication Date: March 13, 1997
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Product Description
The Regenerator and the Stirling Engine examines the basic scientific and engineering principles of the Regenerator and the Stirling engine. Drawing upon his own research and collaboration with engine developers, Allan J Organ offers solutions to many of the problems which have prevented these engines operating at the levels of efficiency of which they are theoretically capable. The Regenerator and the Stirling Engine offers practising engineers and designers specific guidelines for building in optimum thermodynamic performance at the design stage.
COMPLETE CONTENTS: -
Bridging the gap -
The Stirling cycle -
Heat transfer – and the price -
Similarity and scaling; Energetic similarity -
In support of similarity -
Hausen revised -
Connectivity and thermal shorting -
Real particle trajectories – natural co-ordinates -
The Stirling regenerator -
The Ritz rotary regenerator -
Compressibility effects -
Regenerator flow impedance -
Complex admittance – experimental corroboration -
Steady-flow Cf–Nre correlations inferred from linear-wave analysis -
Optimization Part I: without the computer -
Optimization Part II: cyclic steady state -
Elements of combustion -
Design study -
Hobbyhorse -
Origins -
Appendices
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 very many formulas April 9, 2008
Erik
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Actually I was hoping to get a practical guide to determine how to choose a regenerator for a practically workable Stirling engine.
I was a little bit disappointed to see that this book is full with an incredible amount of complicated formulas. As a practical man (and not a very skilled mathematician) this book was not very useful to me.
So my conclusion is: If you are not afraid of big formulas and like to REALLY know everything about regenerator theory, this might be your book.
If you want to make a Stirling engine for yourself and want to check which regenerator you need for that purpose: I hope you'll find a more suitable book.
 The Regenerator and the Stirling Engine November 28, 2000
Tom Gentry, sesusa.org (Dallas, TX USA)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Were I charged with the task of managing a program to design and build a well functioning Stirling engine, this book is the reference around which the entire endeavor would revolve. The endorsements of Israel Ureli and Theodor Finkelstein lend immeasurable credence to the techniques and tools described by Allan Organ. The chapters on Similarity and Scaling are supported by a convincing and in depth look at the first principles of Stirling engine design from burner to cooler. The math of the derivations can be intimidating but the math needed for the actual thermodynamic design work is algebraic arithmetic that even a Calculus challenged engineer such as I can understand. Discussions of this book and the design principles it contains are ongoing at sesusa@egroups.com. If you are serious about building a Stirling engine that works, you need to buy this book and join the discussion.
The first book on Stirling engine design since 1816! November 5, 2000
Israel Urieli (Athens, Ohio USA)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
The Stirling engine has been around for almost 200 years however no book has ever been published on the design of Stirling engines. All the various companies developing Stirling engines have been keeping their design methods secret. Why? Because the Stirling engine defies intuition - there are a vast number of relevant parameters to choose that affect the performance in complex, interrelated ways. Over the past 25 years Dr Organ has made it a mission to set that path right and this book represents the culmination of that effort. In the book he defines new dimensionless parameters in an attempt to reduce the number of variables, and has shown the vital importance of the regenerator to the machine. Furthermore he has lead the way to a design methodology which does not require extensive computer analysis. It is not easy to wade through the 623 pages crammed with diagrams and equations, however I strongly feel that this book is required reading for anyone interested in Stirling engine design. I believe that the introduction of this book represents a turning point in history of these fascinating machines.
An invaluable tool for the Stirling Engine Designer November 2, 2000
Alan Altman (Seattle, Washington)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Allan Organ has written the most in-depth study of regenerators to date. The intense mathematical treatment is accompanied by graphs and tables that make understanding the inner workings of the regenerator fairly straight forward. Secondly, the book covers design by scaling in a very easily grasped manner that is interesting and useful to the engine designer as well as being interesting in it's own right. Thirdly the design process for a complete engine is worked through including stressing parts, sizing bearings and balancing . The book contains design drawings and dimensions from a selection of engines that is not available elsewhere. I have personally gotten a lot of inspiration from Allen's book and incorporated a few of his ideas into my own stirling engine design software.
This will be the standard text on Stirling Engine design October 22, 2000
J McIntyre (Balsham, Cambridgeshire England)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading this book. If you want to make a Stirling engine that works, and this is something that has not often happened in the past without a great deal of trial and error, then buy this book. It will give you the necessary analytical tools to understand and design an engine that operates at the design point. I lent my copy of the book to a friend who used the analysis methods in this and the earlier book to design and build a 25kW engine for combined heat and power. I doubt that I will ever manage to get it back it is just too useful.I think that all reviewers should state their competence when writing so that readers can take this into account when weighing their comments. I have a degree in engineering, but I read this book because I had done some teaching for Alan in the Engineering department and had watched the books being written and the research that led to them over many cups of coffee at martins coffee shop. I wanted to understand these engines that have always seemed so hard to design well.
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