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It is shown that the efficiency of a regenerative Stirling cycle can principally not reach that of a Carnot cycle operating in the same temperature range. A relation is obtained between the degree of regeneration and the characteristics of regenerator. The maximum efficiency of an ideal regenerative Stirling engine is obtained.
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Original Russian Text © R.M. Abrahamian, 2010, published in Izvestiya NAN Armenii, Fizika, 2010, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 210–214.
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Abrahamian, R.M. On the maximum efficiency of the ideal regenerative stirling cycle. J. Contemp. Phys. 45, 137–139 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068337210030072
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