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<t>I have been asked by the university where my father attended medical<br/> school to build them a low cost, low tech, reliable Stirling engine. <br/> Naturally I had to say yes.<br/> <br/> <br/> After much discussion we have decided to post much of the information<br/> about this design on our web...

<t>Hi Robert,<br/> <br/> As a good student at an excellent grammar school you should know that you are asking for something free, and free is one of those naughty four letter words! [smile] We don't give away free plans for any of our engines, but there are a few Stirling engine plans that are poste...

<r>People often call me asking where they can get a 5 kW or so Stirling<br/> engine that will burn their favorite fuel. I recently had the<br/> opportunity to read, "Principles and Applications of Stirling Engines"<br/> by Colin West and on page 206 it tells about a 4.5 kW rice husk<br/> burning Sti...

<r>People often call me asking where they can get a 5 kW or so Stirling<br/> engine that will burn their favorite fuel. I recently had the<br/> opportunity to read, "Principles and Applications of Stirling Engines"<br/> by Colin West and on page 206 it tells about a 4.5 kW rice husk<br/> burning Sti...

We need to figure out how to get the several vehicles in which NASA installed Stirling engines into the hands of Stirling engine enthusiasts or they will end up in the scrap bin. Is anyone up to finding what out what NASA did with these and moving them in the right direction?

We need to figure out how to get the several vehicles in which NASA installed Stirling engines into the hands of Stirling engine enthusiasts or they will end up in the scrap bin. Is anyone up to finding what out what NASA did with these and moving them in the right direction?

<t>There are two general possibilites, an antique engine and a modern engine. Antique engines will be much easier to find. If you want an antique start by advertising in magazines like Farm Collector, Gas Engines, and similar magazines. You could also try sending an ad to Brad Ross who runs Stirling...

<t>Andy Ross has some info on page 58 of Making Stirling Engines that may be helpfull. He was using dead volume as a speed control mechanism and added various volumes of dead space and recorded the engines free speed. Obviously you need to keep dead volume small, but that doesn't help you much for y...

<t>It's really tough to give a good response to such a general question. Certainly a Stirling engine could be built with the hot side installed in a Weber Grill and the cold side exposed to ambient air. My suggestion is that if your main point is ventilating the grill then find an electric fan to do...

<t>The Carnot cycle is an idealized cycle for a heat engine. According to most conventional thought it represents the greatest efficiency possible with a heat engine. Carnot efficiency is defined in the following way (T(hot)-T(cold))/(T(hot))x100 = efficiency. No real heat engine can match or exceed...