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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2015.39.4.405

A Study on Desing Simplification of Yoke Crank in a γ-type Stirling Engine  

Kim, Shin-Hyo (Research and Development Team, Korea Ship Safety Technology Authority)
Kim, Ui-Chang (Annex Research Institute, Sangyoung RND)
Bark, Jin-Jae (Annex Research Institute, Sangyoung RND)
Bae, Han-Nah (Annex Research Institute, Sangyoung RND)
Cho, Dae-Kweon (Annex Research Institute, Sangyoung RND, Gyeongnam College of Information)
Abstract
Recently, according to the low-carbon green growth policy, the Stirling Engine has been increasing the interest of some sort of external combustion engines Stirling Engine is largely divided into three types ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$ and ${\gamma}$. Among them, a ${\gamma}$-type engine is easy to design and can be applied variously. However, owing to the connection distance between the cylinder and the crank, there was a problem that ${\gamma}$-type occupies a larger volume than the ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$-types. As one of the methods to solve this problem, we have to consider about the Yoke crank which have been applied mainly to the ${\alpha}$-type. Because there are two advantages in not only reduction of engine volume but also parallelizing the cylinder. In this study, leading on from the existing design techniques for the Ross Yoke crank, this paper presents a simple method that can apply the yoke crank design of the ${\gamma}$-type stirling engine.
Keywords
Stirling engine; Andy ross yoke crank; ${\gamma}$-type stirling engine; External combustion engine; Yoke driver;
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