Preliminary thermodynamic design of a stirling cooler for mobile air conditioning systems : Technical report

Abstract

The present discussion on refrigerants used in mobile air conditioning (MAC) units leads to the question whether a stirling cycle based heat pump could replace the present technology. An experimental and simulative study is carried out to determine the design parameters of such a heat pump. It is found that the targeted power density cannot be reached with air as a working fluid. The power require-ments would lead to machine sizes too large for a passenger vehicle.