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Applied Energy 86 (2009) 68–73 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Energy journal homepage: /locate/apenergy An experimental study on the development of a b-type Stirling engine for low and moderate temperature heat sources Halit Karabulut a,*, Hüseyin Serdar Yücesu a, Can Çınar a, Fatih Aksoy b a Department of Mechanical Technology, Faculty of Technical Education, Gazi University, 06500 Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey b Department of Mechanical Technology, Faculty of Technical Education, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03100 Afyon, Turkey a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this study, a b-type Stirling engine was designed and manufactured which works at relatively lower Received 30 October 2007 temperatures. To increase the heat transfer area, the inner surface of the displacer cylinder was aug- Received in revised form 4 April 2008 mented by means of growing spanwise slots. To perform a better approach to the theoretical Stirling Accepted 5 April 2008 cycle, the motion of displacer was governed by a lever. The engine block was used as pressurized working Available online 27 May 2008 fluid reservoir. The escape of working fluid, through the end-pin bearing of crankshaft, was prevented by means of adapting an oil pool around the end-pin. Experimental results presented in this paper were Keywords: