Results of a six-month study to characterize a series Stirling engine electric hybrid vehicle propulsion system are presented. The Stirling engine was selected as the heat conversion element to exploit the high efficiency (> .36), low pollution, multi-fuel and quiet operation of this machine. A free-piston Stirling engine driving a linear alternator in a hermatically sealed enclosure was chosen to gain the reliability, long life, and maintenance free characteristics of a sealed unit. The study performs trade off evaluations, selection of engine, battery, motor and inverter size, optimization of components, and develops a conceptual design and characterization of the total propulsion system. The conclusion of the study is that a Stirling engine electric hybrid propulsion system can be used successfully to augment the battery storage of a passenger vehicle and will result in significant savings of petroleum energy over present passenger vehicles. The performance and range augmentation of the hybrid design results in significant improvements over an all electric vehicle. The hybrid will be capable of performing 99% of the passenger vehicle annual trip distribution requirements with extremely low fuel usage. (ERA citation 04:048880)


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    Title :

    Stirling Engine Electric Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion System Conceptual Design Study. Final Report


    Contributors:
    G. Dochat (author) / A. Artiles (author) / J. Killough (author) / A. Ray (author) / H. S. Chen (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    189 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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