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- Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:31 am
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 81859
Response to 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
<t>Can you correct me on this Mr. Hornbaker?<br/> <br/> I believe that small steam engines have efficiencies much lower than could be expected from a ''reasonably well made'' Stirling. (I mean home-built with some careful design, trial and error) Am I overly optimistic?<br/> <br/> The problem being ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:39 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
- Replies: 5
- Views: 68646
Response to Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
<t>In my view, it depends on how much power you want to generate.<br/> <br/> I have been thinking of a similar project, involving a moderate-performance, home-built Stirling using common materials and relatively low temperature differentials.<br/> Firstly, use the fire to heat the Stirling's hot sid...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:47 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Silicon carbide for hot side components?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 57041
Response to Silicon carbide for hot side components?
<t>Modern manufacturing techniques like CVD (chemical vapor-phase deposition) allow fabrication of many shapes from hard materials, that were impossible before. (Machining such parts just wouldn't be practical.)<br/> <br/> Tubes and plates of various sizes are now commercially available, being made ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:21 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Has anyone made a speaker driven piston?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 54608
Response to Has anyone made a speaker driven piston?
I'd rather see a woofer as a very cheap and efficient linear alternator for a free-piston Stirling.
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:15 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: WhisperGen Stirling 850W generator unit?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 82546
Response to WhisperGen Stirling 850W generator unit?
The current website for MicroGen is microgen-engine.com
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:02 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: 4.5 kW Biomass fueled engine
- Replies: 26
- Views: 249508
Response to 4.5 kW Biomass fueled engine
<t>Mrs. Chagnot, can you update us about the current state of ST5 production?<br/> <br/> Your last posts date back to nearly a year, and I'm already worried that this beautiful project has met with trouble.<br/> <br/> I've contacted Stirling Tech to suggest they add a ''News'' section to their websi...