Space...
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 4:48 am
Hello,
I was wondering, has anyone thought of a perfect, albeit expensive,
application for the Stirling Engine? I am referring to Space. Think
of it, where else do you have more extreme temperature deltas.
Facing towards our Sun would be the 'Hot' side of the engine, facing
away would be the 'Cold' side. The differences between the two are
enormous, built right, could this be more efficiant and effective
than Solar Cells. Solar Cells are monstrously expensive, and prone
to damage in space. It would seem to me that a properly built and
designed Stirling would be much more 'robust', in addition, could
provide quite an amount of energy for say a space station? You
yourself said the to build a higher-powered Stirling you would need
high cold-hot temperature deltas. I can think of no other
application with such a delta, at no cost or effort of man. Thanks
in advance for reading, and looking forwards to your thoughts.
Sincerely,
Joseph Reinhardt
I was wondering, has anyone thought of a perfect, albeit expensive,
application for the Stirling Engine? I am referring to Space. Think
of it, where else do you have more extreme temperature deltas.
Facing towards our Sun would be the 'Hot' side of the engine, facing
away would be the 'Cold' side. The differences between the two are
enormous, built right, could this be more efficiant and effective
than Solar Cells. Solar Cells are monstrously expensive, and prone
to damage in space. It would seem to me that a properly built and
designed Stirling would be much more 'robust', in addition, could
provide quite an amount of energy for say a space station? You
yourself said the to build a higher-powered Stirling you would need
high cold-hot temperature deltas. I can think of no other
application with such a delta, at no cost or effort of man. Thanks
in advance for reading, and looking forwards to your thoughts.
Sincerely,
Joseph Reinhardt