Modeling design and layout options for a hybrid plant equipped with an engine with external heat supply

Authors: Denisov D.I.
Published in issue: #6(101)/2025
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Category: Power, Metallurgic and Chemical Engineering | Chapter: Heat Engines
Keywords: internal combustion engine, engine with external heat supply, Stirling engine, hybrid installation, electric generator
Published: 09.12.2025

The relevance of the article is due to the possibility of using engines with external heat supply for space power supply. The advantages of these engines are the high efficiency of the thermodynamic cycle, good environmental qualities, the expansion of decentralized energy production, the possibility of using a wide range of energy sources — petroleum and alternative fuels, solar energy, and other sources of heat. As a result of the research, an information model of a hybrid installation with a free-piston engine with external heat supply was created, the design and operating cycle of this engine were analyzed, models were created and its parameters calculated.

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