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Climate change is expected to have particularly severe effects on poor agrarian populations. Rural households in developing countries adapt to the risks and impacts of climate change both individually and collectively. Empirical research has shown that access to capital—financial, human, physical, and social—is critical for building resilience and fostering adaptation to environmental stresses. Little...
A Stirling engine for use with lower quality fuels was designed. The design is a derivative of the GPU-3 (ground power unit-3), modified to be used with a lower combustion gas temperature (900 °C). It is to be used in a generator set producing 5 kWe. The engine model used is based off of the ideal adiabatic model with decoupled loss mechanisms. Single-cylinder and two-cylinder engines were analyzed...
The assumptions of second order Stirling engine models were reviewed. An ideal adiabatic plus simple heat exchanger model was developed. The model included the external components such as the fan, combustor, and preheater. The external heat transfer to the engine heater was modeled using a log-mean-temperature difference for a constant tube surface temperature. The performance of the model of the...
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