The Marnoch heat engine (MHE) is a new type of heat engine currently under
development at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. The MHE can
use waste or collected heat at temperatures that are currently unusable or not eco-
nomically viable to use by conventional technologies. The MHE operates by using
a heat source to heat the air in one heat exchanger and cool the air in another.
This creates a pressure di erence. This pressure di erence drives a two-way piston
connected to a
ywheel. A generator connected to the
ywheel converts the me-
chanical energy of the
ywheel into electricity. This thesis presents a simulation of
the current MHE prototype. The simulation is designed to be easily customized to
allow it to model the performance of future possible MHE installations and predict
their performance. The simulation is shown to accurately model the performance of
the MHE prototype by running under conditions similar to those found in the lab,
and comparing its results to collected data from the prototype. Simulations were
also run to show the model's ability to model possible applications with di erent
operating conditions and physical components. / UOIT
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOSHDU.10155/233 |
| Date | 01 April 2012 |
| Creators | Naughton, Ryan |
| Contributors | Eklund, Mikael |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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