Externally Heated Valve Engine: A New Approach to Piston Engines (Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering)

Hardcover, xiii + 143 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Gentle external handling wear on boards. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 Introduction 2 Early Design of the EHVE: Calculation Method and Thermodynamic Cycle [Principle of the Early EHVE Operation; Basic Equations of the Theoretical Model; Modelling Operation of the Engine Parts (Expander; Compressor; Cooler; Heater); Engine Power and Efficiency; Thermodynamic Cycle of the Early EHVE; Results of the Simulations of the Early EHVE] 3 Experimental Investigations of the EHVE [Prototype of the EHVE; Experimental Measurement System; Comparison of the Experimental and Simulation Results; Remarks on the Experiment] 4 Early EHVE with Two Small Heaters and Additional Devices to Improve Heat Exchange [Engine Assembly: Additional Devices; Calculations of the Engine; Results of the Numerical Simulations; Remarks on this Version of the EHVE] 5 Newly Developed 2-Stroke EHVE [Principles of Operation of the Improved EHVE (EHVE Operating Regime); Theoretical Model (Geometry of the Cylinder Volumes and the Valves; Mass Flow Rates through the Valves; Essential Equations for the New 2-Stroke EHVE; Power and Efficiency); Results of the Simulations; Dynamic Behaviour of the Engine (Control of Rotations); Remarks on the Developed 2-Stroke Engine] 6 Separate Settling Chambers in the Improved 2-Stroke EHVE [Modelling of the Heat Exchanger Operation; Power and Efficiency of the EHVE with Separate Settling Chambers; Computer Calculations (EHVE with Separate Settling Chambers and Six Blowers; EHVE with Separate Settling Chambers and without the Blowers B1 and B2; Calculations of the Generated Power and Efficiency); Remarks on the EHVE with Separate Settling Chambers] 7 Further Development of the EHVE: A 4-Stroke Engine [Principle of the 4-Stroke Engine Operation; Numerical Investigations of the 4-Stroke EHVE; Inequality of Rotations of the 4-Stroke Engine Model; Control of Rotations; Remarks on this Model of the EHVE] 8 EHVE versus Stirling Engines: A Comparison [Some Aspects of the Design; Comparison of the EHVE and the AISIN Stirling Engines; Remarks on the Results of the Comparison]; References; Conclusion; Author Index -- This book reports on a novel approach for generating mechanical energy from different, external heat sources using the body of a typical piston engine with valves. By presenting simple yet effective numerical models, the authors show how this new approach, which combines existing internal combustion technology with a lubrication system, is able to offer an economic solution to the problem of mechanical energy generation in piston engines. Their results also show that a stable heat generation process can be guaranteed outside of the engine. The book offers a detailed report on physical and numerical models of 4-stroke and 2-stroke versions of the EHVE together with different models of heat exchange, valves and results of their simulations. It also delivers the test results of an engine prototype run in laboratory conditions. By presenting a novel theoretical framework and providing readers with extensive knowledge of both the advantages and challenges of the method, this book is expected to inspire academic researchers, advanced PhD students and professionals in their search for more effective solutions to the problem of renewable energy generation. …