Title: Air Engines : The History, Science, and Reality of the Perfect Engine Author: Allan J. Organ, Theodor Finkelstein ISBN: 0791801713 / 9780791801710 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 288 Publisher: ASME Year: 2009 Availability: 45-60 days
Description
Contents
The original Air Engines (also known as a heat, hot air, caloric, or Stirling engines), predated the modern internal combustion engine. This early engine design always had great potential for high efficiency/low emission power generation. However, the primary obstacle to its practical use in the past has been the lack of sufficiently heat-resistant materials. This obstacle has now been eliminated due to the higher strength of modern materials and alloys.
Several companies in the U.S. and abroad are successfully marketing new machines based on the Air Engine concept. Allan Organ and Theodor Finkelstein are two of the most respected researchers in the field of Air Engines. Finkelstein is considered a pioneer of Stirling cycle simulation. The historical portion of the book is based on four famous articles he published in 1959. The rest of the chapters assess the development of the air engine and put it in the modern context, as well as investigate its future potential and applications.
The audience for this book includes mechanical engineers working in power related industries, as well as researchers, academics, and advanced students concerned with recent developments in power generation.
Originally co-published by Professional Engineering Publishing (UK) and ASME Press in 2001. Reprinted with minor corrections by ASME Press in 2009.
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Notation
Chapter 1 : Air Engines Chapter 2 : The Stirling Engine Chapter 3 : Later Single Cylinder Engine Chapter 4 : Philips Engines Chapter 5 : ‘Modern Knowledge’ … and All That Chapter 6 : Reassessment Chapter 7 : Post-Revival Chapter 8 : The ‘Regenerator Problem’ Chapter 9 : Two Decades of Optimism Chapter 10 : Thermodynamic Design Chapter 11 : Completing The Picture Chapter 12 : By Intuition, or by Design? Chapter 13 : And The Heyday to Come Chapter 14 : In Praise of Robert Stirling
Appendix : Literary Output of Theodor Finkelstein
References