Demonstration experiments with a Stirling engine

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1994Publisher:IOP PublishingJournal:Physics Education, volume 29, pages 180-183 (issn: 0031-9120, eissn: 1361-6552,

Authors: C. G. Deacon; Richard Goulding; Brad de Young; C Haridass;

doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/29/3/013

Demonstration experiments with a Stirling engine

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Heat engines are used in teaching thermodynamics as ideas to develop theory and real things to illustrate working thermodynamic principles. The Stirling engine combines both possibilities. We use it as a tool to illustrate some basic thermodynamic principles; to show the characteristics of a heat engine and interpret a pV diagram. We also show how the Stirling engine can be used to demonstrate the principles of operation of a refrigerator and heat pump.

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