Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: A numerical mesh of the computational domain of α-type Stirling engine

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Boundary conditions applied in simulations of α-type Stirling engine

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: The engine volume in m3 (a), the average absolute pressure in Pa (b), and the average temperature in K (c) as functions of a crank angle in rad for single crank revolution

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Local distribution of relative pressure in Pa (a), velocity magnitude in m/s (b), and the temperature in K inside analyzed engine at the end of gas flow from compression space to expansion space (beginning of expansion process)

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Local distribution of relative pressure in Pa (a), velocity magnitude in m/s (b), and the temperature in K inside analyzed engine at the end of expansion process (beginning of the gas flow from expansion space to compression space)

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Local distribution of relative pressure in Pa (a), velocity magnitude in m/s (b), and the temperature in K inside analyzed engine at the end of gas flow from expansion space to compression space (beginning of compression process)

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Local distribution of relative pressure in Pa (a), velocity magnitude in m/s (b), and the temperature in K inside analyzed engine at the end of compression process (beginning of the gas flow from compression space to expansion space)

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Pressure–volume diagram of the engine cycle obtained based on the simulation results

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Temperature–entropy diagram of the engine cycle obtained based on the simulation results

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Engine cycle work in J (a), engine power in W (b), the coefficient of performance (c), exergy efficiency (d), and irreversibility factor (e) as functions of the rotational speed of the engine

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Engine cycle work in J (a), irreversibility factor (b), the coefficient of performance (c), and exergy efficiency (d) for different heating/cooling strategies at rotational speeds 250 and 1500 rpm

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Performance Analysis of the Small-Scale α-Type Stirling Engine Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2017;140(3):032001-032001-10. doi:10.1115/1.4037810 Figure Legend: Total heat flow rate in W exchanged with an external heat source and sink during one cycle of the engine operation at rotational speed 250 rpm