Abstract:
The Stirling engine was originally patented 1816 by the Reverend Robert Stirling, and was eighteen years before Carnot's ideas were published. It is a reciprocating engine that has proved reversible both practically and, thermodynamically [l]. The ideal Stirling cycle has the Carnot efficiency [2]. The Stirling engine is a closed cycle external combustion engine that employs a gaseous working fluid inside the engine.
Citation:
Gunawardana, K.I.M. (2007). Linear Stirling Generator Feasibility Study for Distributed Power Generation [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/10400