Pseudo Stirling cycle

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The pseudo Stirling cycle, also known as the adiabatic Stirling cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle with an adiabatic working volume and isothermal heater and cooler, in contrast to the Stirling cycle with an isothermal working space. ^[1] The working fluid has no bearing on the maximum thermal efficiencies of the pseudo Stirling cycle.^[2]

1 History
2 References
3 See Also
4 External Links

[edit] History

The pseudo Stirling cycle was designed to address predictive shortcomings^[2] in the ideal isothermal Stirling cycle. Specifically, the ideal cycle does not give usable figures or criteria for judging the performance of real-world Sterling engines.

[edit] References

^ . "Brief History of Stirling Machines" (PDF). . [1] Retrieved on 18 May 2008.
^ ^a ^b Reader, G. T. (1978). "The Pseudo Stirling cycle - A suitable performance criterion". Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 13th, San Diego, Calif., August 20-25, 1978, Proceedings, Vol. 3: 1763-1770, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.. Retrieved on 18 May 2008.

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Thermodynamic cycles

Cycles normally with
external combustion

Gas cycles without phasechange - hot air engine cycles	Bell Coleman cycle · Brayton/Joule cycle; (Externally heated) · Carnot cycle · Ericsson cycle · Ported constant volume cycle[2] · Stirling cycle · Pseudo Stirling cycle (same as Adiabatic Stirling cycle) · Stoddard cycle · Vuilleumier cycle

Cycles with phasechange	Kalina cycle · Rankine cycle (encompasses Organic Rankine Cycle) · Regenerative cycle · Two phased Stirling cycle[3]