REGENERATE: Theoretical and experimental study for the development of efficient and economic stirling regenerators

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0116

Key words (English)

Stirling; engine; regenerator;
Environmental Protection; Energy Saving; Renewable Sources of Energy

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ENK5-2001-00527

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.4b.1 Cleaner energy systems, including renewables

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

TU DRESDEN (D); BEKAERT (B); AIM (D); MAYER & Cie (D), ACE (DK)

Abstract (English)

Stirling engines are ideally suited e.g. as residential cogeneration units, or for the conversion of biomass into electricity, thus to lower our dependence from fossil fuel.

However, the cost of presently existing regenerators, which need to be built with finely divided, regular matrix structures, set a major barrier to their wide-spread use.

Improved regenerators will be developed on the basis of new concepts, in an approach enclosing the theoretical study of the flow and heat transfer, the manufacture and their practical testing in 3 existing pilot units. Higher performances and lower fabrication costs will significantly augment the competitively of these engines, making their series production envisageable for many energy saving applications.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0116