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by piolenc
Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:25 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 77
Views: 249814

Response to Stirling engines for the third world

<t>This is in response to John Read's message about a packaged steam plan intended for production in the Philippines, and producer gas work. <br/> I am also interested in producer-gas plants, though primarily to feed derated IC engines. The gentleman with whom I was exploring Stirlings and I conclud...
by piolenc
Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:25 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 80
Views: 320847

Response to Stirling engines for the third world

<t>This is in response to John Read's message about a packaged steam plan intended for production in the Philippines, and producer gas work. <br/> I am also interested in producer-gas plants, though primarily to feed derated IC engines. The gentleman with whom I was exploring Stirlings and I conclud...
by piolenc
Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:14 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 77
Views: 249814

Stirling engines for the third world

<t>Jim Hunt suggests an Aussie Web site as a source for a packaged coco-oil plant, but the guy I'm doing this research for already has a similar one - only the grater is manual, not electric - in testing at a remote (100 nm by sea in a small boat) production site. No need to go to Australia for that...
by piolenc
Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:14 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 80
Views: 320847

Stirling engines for the third world

<t>Jim Hunt suggests an Aussie Web site as a source for a packaged coco-oil plant, but the guy I'm doing this research for already has a similar one - only the grater is manual, not electric - in testing at a remote (100 nm by sea in a small boat) production site. No need to go to Australia for that...
by piolenc
Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:33 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Power Producing Engine # General Public Comments
Replies: 20
Views: 60430

Response to Power Producing Engine # General Public Comments

I'm curious about the status of this project. There are no new posts since 2003. Does that mean it's dead (and if so, why?) or simply that the project entered a new phase and comments were no longer posted?
by piolenc
Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:31 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: helium disc Stirling engine
Replies: 2
Views: 9215

Response to helium disc Stirling engine

There have been Stirling-cycle engines in which diaphragms or bellows have been used in place of pistons. The Harwell thermo-mechanical generator or Themodyne, developed in the late 60's and early 70's, is one example. Marc de Piolenc, Iligan City, Philippines
by piolenc
Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:05 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: solid-liquid phase changing regenerators
Replies: 1
Views: 6653

Response to solid-liquid phase changing regenerators

<t>I suggest turning your idea inside-out - charging a ductile metal tube with a reversible phase-change material, then drawing the tubing out to very small diameter. This is a very well-understood technique - it just requires a lot of patience, and the phase-change material has to be able to take t...
by piolenc
Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:56 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 77
Views: 249814

Response to Stirling engines for the third world

<t>I realise that I am coming very late to this conversation, but please indulge me, as I am fairly new to Stirlings. I'm an American/French dual national mechanical engineer living in the Philippines since 1998. This country has no domestic oil resources. On the other hand, it has a lot of waste bi...
by piolenc
Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:56 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
Replies: 80
Views: 320847

Response to Stirling engines for the third world

<t>I realise that I am coming very late to this conversation, but please indulge me, as I am fairly new to Stirlings. I'm an American/French dual national mechanical engineer living in the Philippines since 1998. This country has no domestic oil resources. On the other hand, it has a lot of waste bi...