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<t>To Joe,<br/> <br/> Rest assured, no purist (I assume you are referring to me!) would disagree with what you are doing - indeed, it is common practice to get the hot end as hot as possible and the cold end as cold as possible - all you are doing is increasing the Carnot (theoretical) efficiency. W...

<t>To Joe,<br/> <br/> Rest assured, no purist (I assume you are referring to me!) would disagree with what you are doing - indeed, it is common practice to get the hot end as hot as possible and the cold end as cold as possible - all you are doing is increasing the Carnot (theoretical) efficiency. W...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> Here we go again! I agree that alphas, betas and gammas plus the acoustic version all the conform to my criteria for a Stirling engine (I’ll stretch a point for the acoustic in which the piston takes the form of a diaphragm); also that there can be LTD and HTD versions of any ...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> Here we go again! I agree that alphas, betas and gammas plus the acoustic version all the conform to my criteria for a Stirling engine (I’ll stretch a point for the acoustic in which the piston takes the form of a diaphragm); also that there can be LTD and HTD versions of any ...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> It’s not that Stirling engines don’t work; there are hundreds, possibly thousands, that do work, and some of them work quite well. The point is that none of them has, in 70 years of intensive development, been cost effective enough – in terms of cost, efficiency, size, w...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> It’s not that Stirling engines don’t work; there are hundreds, possibly thousands, that do work, and some of them work quite well. The point is that none of them has, in 70 years of intensive development, been cost effective enough – in terms of cost, efficiency, size, w...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> On innovation, I take your point about the Wright brothers and US positive attitudes - but it is 70 years since Philips set out on the path, followed by so many others, to modernisation and commercialisation of the Stirling. That tells us something about the combination of the te...

<t>Todd,<br/> <br/> On innovation, I take your point about the Wright brothers and US positive attitudes - but it is 70 years since Philips set out on the path, followed by so many others, to modernisation and commercialisation of the Stirling. That tells us something about the combination of the te...

<t> <br/> Another old saying is: "When stuck in a hole, don't dig any deeper"! Having been there myself, I have great respect for those who innovate against all odds, and if there is a commercial market in the developing countries, fair enough, provided what is being sold is actually capable of deli...

<t> <br/> Another old saying is: "When stuck in a hole, don't dig any deeper"! Having been there myself, I have great respect for those who innovate against all odds, and if there is a commercial market in the developing countries, fair enough, provided what is being sold is actually capable of deli...