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<t>I'm having trouble concerning the energy conservation in the <br/> Stirling cycle:<br/> <br/> It appears that some quantity of energy is added to the 'hot side' <br/> of the engine, and some quantity is removed from the 'cold side'.<br/> <br/> Because the volume changes in a displacement type eng...

<t>I'm curious as to the efficiency of the coffee cup engine.<br/> <br/> Has anyone made some measurements? <br/> <br/> I envision that the average input wattage could be calculated by <br/> simply using the water's heat capacity to find energy storage, and <br/> then distributing that energy over t...