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ANL CT 86 2; Report; July 1973.
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A computer code for Stirling engine research and design is described. The code system, SEAMOPT, has been used to: optimize component and engine performance, modify an existing engine to meet new application requirements, and identify design methods that lead to performance improvement and
thermodynamic section needed to increase power by a factor of 8 while maintaining efficiency. The code, which requires 65K words of memory, executed problem 1 in 45 seconds and problem 2 in 10 minutes on an IBM 3033.
A computer code for Stirling engine research and design is described. The code system, SEAMOPT, has been used to: optimize component and engine performance, modify an existing engine to meet new application requirements, and identify design methods that lead to performance improvement and
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simplified engine design. SEAMOPT consists of a full Stirling engine simulation linked to a rigorous optimization code through an interface module which defines performance objectives and constraints which might limit values of design variables. Calculated results are presented from two example problems using the GPU-3 Stirling engine as a base design. The first example shows how regenerator dimensions can be changed to achieve three different performance objectives. The second example shows changes in the entire thermodynamic section needed to increase power by a factor of 8 while maintaining efficiency. The code, which requires 65K words of memory, executed problem 1 in 45 seconds and problem 2 in 10 minutes on an IBM 3033.
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