Stirling Cycle Work and Associated Equations

by Justin Nussbaum

Submitted : Spring 2010

The main purpose of this report is to decide if a correctional virial equation to the ideal gas law should be needed when at high pressures. This was done by finding and comparing values of net work in a Stirling Cycle, given an ideal gas equation and a virial equation that is corrected for high pressures. Then these values were plotted along with the maximum pressures, which were found for each equation. The ratio of the virial to the ideal gas law equation and the maximum pressures of the virial to the ideal gas are also plotted. When solved, it is evident the results vary only slightly when using the ideal gas law at the pressures found in the Stirling Cycle.

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