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Stirling cycle, the Glossary

The Stirling cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling devices.^[1]

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Adiabatic process

An adiabatic process (adiabatic) is a type of thermodynamic process that occurs without transferring heat or mass between the thermodynamic system and its environment.

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Carnot heat engine

A Carnot heat engine is a theoretical heat engine that operates on the Carnot cycle. Stirling cycle and Carnot heat engine are thermodynamic cycles.

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Compressor

A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.

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Cryogenics

In physics, cryogenics is the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Diesel cycle

The Diesel cycle is a combustion process of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. Stirling cycle and Diesel cycle are thermodynamic cycles.

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Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

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External combustion engine

An external combustion engine (EC engine) is a reciprocating heat engine where a working fluid, contained internally, is heated by combustion in an external source, through the engine wall or a heat exchanger.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.

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Heat engine

A heat engine is a system that converts heat to usable energy, particularly mechanical energy, which can then be used to do mechanical work.

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Heat pump

A heat pump is a device that consumes work (or electricity) to transfer heat from a cold heat sink to a hot heat sink.

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Heat transfer

Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.

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Intercooler

An intercooler is a heat exchanger used to cool a gas after compression.

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Isobaric process

In thermodynamics, an isobaric process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the pressure of the system stays constant: ΔP.

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Isochoric process

In thermodynamics, an isochoric process, also called a constant-volume process, an isovolumetric process, or an isometric process, is a thermodynamic process during which the volume of the closed system undergoing such a process remains constant.

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Isothermal process

An isothermal process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the temperature T of a system remains constant: ΔT.

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Multi-objective optimization

Multi-objective optimization or Pareto optimization (also known as multi-objective programming, vector optimization, multicriteria optimization, or multiattribute optimization) is an area of multiple-criteria decision making that is concerned with mathematical optimization problems involving more than one objective function to be optimized simultaneously.

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Otto cycle

An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark ignition piston engine. Stirling cycle and Otto cycle are thermodynamic cycles.

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Pseudo Stirling cycle

The pseudo Stirling cycle, also known as the adiabatic Stirling cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle with an adiabatic working volume and isothermal heater and cooler, in contrast to the ideal Stirling cycle with an isothermal working space. Stirling cycle and pseudo Stirling cycle are thermodynamic cycles.

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Refrigeration

Refrigeration is any of various types of cooling of a space, substance, or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is ejected to a place of higher temperature).

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Regenerative heat exchanger

A regenerative heat exchanger, or more commonly a regenerator, is a type of heat exchanger where heat from the hot fluid is intermittently stored in a thermal storage medium before it is transferred to the cold fluid.

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Rhombic drive

The rhombic drive is a specific method of transferring mechanical energy, or work, used when a single cylinder is used for two separately oscillating pistons.

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Robert Stirling

Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer.

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Second law of thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions.

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Simple harmonic motion

In mechanics and physics, simple harmonic motion (sometimes abbreviated) is a special type of periodic motion an object experiences by means of a restoring force whose magnitude is directly proportional to the distance of the object from an equilibrium position and acts towards the equilibrium position.

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Solar-powered Stirling engine

A solar powered Stirling engine is a heat engine powered by a temperature gradient generated by the sun. Stirling cycle and solar-powered Stirling engine are Stirling engines.

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Stirling engine

A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic expansion and contraction of air or other gas (the working fluid) by exposing it to different temperatures, resulting in a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work. Stirling cycle and Stirling engine are Stirling engines.

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Stirling radioisotope generator

heated by induction during testing A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. Stirling cycle and Stirling radioisotope generator are Stirling engines.

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Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines

Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines are field lines in a fluid flow.

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Thermal efficiency

In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_) is a dimensionless performance measure of a device that uses thermal energy, such as an internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc.

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Thermal expansion

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).

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Thermoacoustic heat engine

Thermoacoustic engines (sometimes called "TA engines") are thermoacoustic devices which use high-amplitude sound waves to pump heat from one place to another (this requires work, which is provided by the loudspeaker) or use a heat difference to produce work in the form of sound waves (these waves can then be converted into electrical current the same way as a microphone does).

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Thermodynamic cycle

A thermodynamic cycle consists of linked sequences of thermodynamic processes that involve transfer of heat and work into and out of the system, while varying pressure, temperature, and other state variables within the system, and that eventually returns the system to its initial state. Stirling cycle and thermodynamic cycle are thermodynamic cycles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_cycle

Also known as Sterling cycle, Stirling-cycle.

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