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Stirling Engine System for Green Energy

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SK

นางสาว Sutapat Kwankaomeng

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This research investigates the integration of a Stirling engine with a wood pellet gasifier for clean electric power generation. By utilizing renewable biomass, this system offers a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels with ultra-low toxic emissions.

Stirling engine is the external heated engine that heat is sup-plied externally to the heater part of the engine. Thus, Stirling cycle engine can be employed with various sources of renewable energy such as biomass, biofuel, solar energy, geothermal energy, recovery heat, and waste. The integration of gasifier, burner, and heat engine as a power system offers more fuel choices of each local area with potential resources resulting independent from shortage and cost fluctuation of fossil fuel. This research aims to investigate the integration of the Stirling engine with a wood pellet gasifier for electric power generation. Biomass can be controlled to have continuously combustion with ultra-low toxic emission. Stirling engine, therefore, is a promising alternative in small-scale-electricity production. Even though many biomass-powered Stirling engines were successfully constructed and marketed but these engines and the use of biomass resources as fuel for power generation are quite new concepts in some developing countries. Especially, the capital cost of this engine is high and unaffordable for installation compared to other power systems. Therefore, this research aims to the study attractive and feasibility of the compact Stirling engine with green energy.

Stirling Engine System for Green Energy

Objective

The objective is to design and prototype a Stirling engine integrated with a biomass gasifier for electricity generation. This project aims to demonstrate practical operation, generate knowledge, and transfer pollution-free power generation technology.

To develop, design, and construct a prototype of a Stirling engine integrated with a biomass gasifier for electricity generation and to demonstrate its practical operation. This project aims to generate knowledge and transfer pollution-free power generation technology within the country, as well as to enable the scaling of results for the benefit of the public.