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Yes they are. An ideal stirling engine has the Carnot level efficiency, i.e. maximum theoretical efficiency for a heat engine. https://blog.mide.com/thermodyna
by telchar 8y ago
Yes they are. An ideal stirling engine has the Carnot level efficiency, i.e. maximum theoretical efficiency for a heat engine.
https://blog.mide.com/thermodynamic-theory-of-the-ideal-stirling-engine https://blog.mide.com/thermodynamic-theory-of-the-ideal-stir...
- coryrc 8y agoExcept the ideal one doesn't exist and multistage stream turbines are more efficient in practice.
- Faaak 8y agoBut I suppose that having a multistage steam turbine in mars in not something will see at first
- jacquesm 8y agoAnd more reliable too. The Stirling does have one huge advantage which is that it is entirely self contained.
- hwillis 8y agoDefinitely not at that scale. Small turbines have low efficiency because tip speed increases quadratically as they get smaller.
- rfrey 8y agoYou may be interested in reading Allan Organ’s books. He claims that aspirations to Carnot efficiency are a red herring and claims (with Much Math) that the peak efficiency is closer to 50% of The Carnot cycle.