Alternative thermodynamic cycle for the Stirling machine

Abstract

We develop an alternative thermodynamic cycle for the Stirling machine, where the polytropic process plays a central role. Analytical expressions for pressure and temperatures of the working gas are obtained as a function of the volume and the parameter which characterizes the polytropic process. This approach achieves a closer agreement with the experimental pressure-volume diagram and can be adapted to any type of the Stirling engine.

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