• DocumentCode
    1871291
  • Title

    Software simulation of a Marnoch heat engine

  • Author

    Naughton, Ryan ; Eklund, J. Mikael

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Univ. of Ontario Inst. of Technol., Oshawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    April 29 2012-May 2 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a simulation of a Marnoch heat engine prototype made using Ptolemy II, an actor actor-oriented design software. The objective of the simulation is to be useable in helping to design and predict the performance of Marnoch heat engines in a variety of applications. The simulation contains over 40 customizable parameters which allows for easy modification for different applications. Data collected from the current prototype was compared to the results of the simulation. The simulation was found to accurately model the pressure characteristics of the prototype.
  • Keywords
    heat engines; object-oriented methods; thermoelectric conversion; waste heat; Marnoch heat engine prototype; Ptolemy II; actor-oriented design software; data collection; prototype pressure characteristics; software simulation; Heat engines; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Heating; Pistons; Prototypes; Computer Simulation; Heat engines; Waste heat;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical & Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • ISSN
    0840-7789
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1431-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0840-7789
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCECE.2012.6335040
  • Filename
    6335040