Investigation of the optimum operating condition of a dual piston type free piston engine generator during engine cold start-up process

H Feng, Z Zhang, B Jia, Z Zuo, A Smallbone… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The free-piston engine generator (FPEG) is a new type of energy conversion device that
converts chemical energy of fossil fuel into electric energy and eliminates the limitation of …

Performance characteristics of compressed air-driven free-piston linear generator (FPLG) system–A simulation study

Y Xu, X Xue, Y Wang, M Ai - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The integrated model of the two-stroke free-piston engine system driven by compressed air
is established using MATLAB/Simulink software and the relationship and the influence of the …

Experiment on the ignition performances of a free-piston diesel engine alternator

C Yuan, H Ren, J Xu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The free-piston engine alternator (FPEA) is an unconventional engine. The initialization of
the new engine differs from the conventional engine due to the feature that it eliminates the …

Motion characteristics and mechanisms of a resonance starting process in a free-piston diesel engine generator

C Yuan, H Feng, Y He, J Xu - … , Part A: Journal of Power and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this article is to investigate the motion characteristics and dynamic
mechanisms of a resonance starting process in a free-piston engine generator. A nonlinear …

Design investigation of a coreless tubular linear generator for a Moball: A spherical exploration robot with wind-energy harvesting capability

J Asama, MR Burkhardt, F Davoodi… - … conference on robotics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Moball is a wind-driven spherical robot equipped with sensors for in-situ observation of
scientifically important and windy environments, eg, the Earth's polar regions, Mars, and …

Parametric study on the starting of a free-piston engine alternator

C Yuan, J Xu, Y He - International Journal of Engine …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The free-piston engine alternator is a new crankless engine. The traditional starting method
cannot be used to conveniently initialize the new engine. This article introduced a …

Parameters matching requirements for diesel free piston linear alternator start-up

Y Li, Z Zuo, H Feng, B Jia - Advances in Mechanical …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
It is important to identify the relationship between the starting requirements and the structure
parameters of the diesel free piston linear alternator on the structural design stage. In this …

Research on control strategy of free-piston stirling-engine linear-generator system

P Zheng, B Yu, S Zhu, Q Gong… - 2014 17th International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The free-piston Stirling-engine linear-generator system can make efficient use of multiple
energy resources, so it has great application potential in the fields of aeronautics and …

Linear permanent magnet electric generator for free piston engine applications

CA Oprea, L Szabó, CS Marţiş - 2012 XXth International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a response to the major climatic changes due to global warming and the foreseen oil
shortages once the natural reserves will perish, most vehicle manufacturers began research …

[PDF][PDF] Design and analysis of tubular type linear generator for free piston engine

CSUSU HLAING, ZAWH MYINT - Stroke, 2014 - ijsetr.com
As a response to the major climatic changes due to global warming and the foreseen oil
shortages once the natural reserves will perish, most vehicle manufacturers began research …