Applicability of Advanced Automotive Heat Engines to Solar Thermal Power | Zendy

D. G. Beremand | Zendy; David G. Evans | Zendy; D. L. Alger | Zendy

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Applicability of Advanced Automotive Heat Engines to Solar Thermal Power

Author(s) -

D. G. Beremand,

David G. Evans,

D. L. Alger

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

sae technical papers on cd-rom/sae technical paper series

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295

H-Index - 107

eISSN - 1083-4958

pISSN - 0148-7191

DOI - 10.4271/810455

Subject(s) - automotive industry , heat engine , thermal , automotive engineering , automotive engine , power (physics) , aerospace engineering , computer science , environmental science , mechanical engineering , engineering , meteorology , physics , thermodynamics

The requirements of a solar thermal power system are reviewed and compared with the predicted characteristics of automobile engines under development. A good match is found in terms of power level and efficiency when the automobile engines, designed for maximum powers of 65-100 kW (87 to 133 hp) are operated to the nominal 20-40 kW electric output requirement of the solar thermal application. At these reduced power levels it appears that the automotive gas turbine and Stirling engines have the potential to deliver the 40+ percent efficiency goal of the solar thermal program.

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