Alpha-Type Stirling Engine
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A Stirling engine takes advantage of the thermodynamic properties of compression and expansion of gases to produce work. This Demonstration tracks the changes in pressure (atm) and volume (L) of the working fluid during a reversible Stirling cycle as it cycles through the four characteristic thermodynamic steps:
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Contributed by: David Niemann, Katherine Sanchez and Katherine Bunnell (November 2018)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
Details
Submission from the Compute-to-Learn course at the University of Michigan.
Reference
[1] R. Chang, Physical Chemistry for the Biosciences, Sansalito, CA: University Science, 2005.
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