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- Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:04 pm
- Forum: Model Stirling Engines
- Topic: Use of graphite as a displacer?
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Response to Use of graphite as a displacer?
<t>Thanks for the info. I was also considering using a weight on the flywheels to balance the power piston and displacer but am not sure if it will work. With the weight not really pulling down on the crank pin but being shifted back and forth, the flywheel would initially be out of balance until it...
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:48 pm
- Forum: Model Stirling Engines
- Topic: Use of graphite as a displacer?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 30698
Use of graphite as a displacer?
<r>I have constructed a high temp Stirling engine that runs at about 580<br/> rpm. The displacer I made is a stainless steel, thin wall cup with an<br/> aluminum cap on the cold side. I used a graphite bushing to seal<br/> around the shaft connecting the displacer with the flywheel outside<br/> the ...