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- Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:07 am
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Stirling engine for locomotive use
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Response to Stirling engine for locomotive use
<t>Stirlings have great reputations for reliability, generally, due to the lack of internal combustion and a more gentle "push" on the piston as opposed to an Otto or Diesel cycle explosion.<br/> <br/> Stirlings' principal weakness for locomotive use is the slow throttle up and the slow or inefficie...