" Fluidyne 1 " stirling engine

[01EliteMr]

is this perpetual motion??

[chsxtian]

@01EliteMr no, it's running from the heat caused by the lightbulb above it.

[cow1324able]

wtf? how dose tht work?

[HayLotion]

@cow1324able It makes as much power as it uses. It's like powering a fan using a windmill that the fan is blowing.

[sconnly86]

possible to use a parabola and sun rays to heat instead of light bulb. would essentially be a solar stirling engine at that point.

[z7abib77z]

I just want u have this idea

you can use sun heating

[12Flyboy12]

Beautiful workmanship! A great demonstration of the Stirling engine!

[olivversc]

I´m interesting in the model and make it at home

[revtkatt]

Beautiful.

[zeusterrooster]

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[piespokladowy]

*****

[jmm337]

You should turn this design upside down. having the cooled surface on top will aid natural convection and keep it cooler, also, the heat from the lamp will rise and more effectively heat the hot side

[RowsbyW]

What causes the displacer piston to move?

[MrSaturdayNightSpecL]

Infact what we need is a larger version. Much larger. Production of power with these devices is well more than possible. Still this engine is in experimental stages.

[thatotherguy27]

@MrSaturdayNightSpecL Dumb idea time: if you replaced the colored water in this design with a low viscosity ferrofluid (not the normal kind that responds to magnetic fields, a magnetic-all-the-time fluid), and put a coil of wire around the tube it runs through, would that not generate AC power?

[MrSaturdayNightSpecL]

Very very good.

[MiMoassociate]

Frosty

Converting reciprocal movement adds more friction - less power. The Stirling can produce electrical power without rotation.

MiMo.

[SergioDoenetz]

Stirling with free piston.

[michaelbuckers]

Well, THIS actually work. But this isn't engine - this is a toy, because there is no way you can extract horse powers from THIS.

[utkua]

Stirling is a brilliant engine that have more efficiency than most of the internal combustion engines, including otto and diesel. These engines are currently being used in solar power generators, the are the best way to convert heat to energy, and they are way more effective and inexpensive than regular PVs, Most likely we will live on power generated these things in the future.

[frosty9595]

There is motion. Therefor there is power. Whats stopping you from having a rod come from the white piston in the center of it and having that run a flywheel?

[randomvideodude]

Turbine?

[amarbir22]

dude, sterling engine has so much potential in future!!

[MrBUDY]

maybe he should invest in a new camera instead

[rafale1981]

this is extremely steampunk. highly cool.

[Mrpantymelt]

Do you think sterling engines are more efficient thatn solar cells? Maybe every house should have a solar stirling engine on the roof instead of sending our guys to die for Oil, just a thought.

[soylentgreenb]

While it could certainly make you feel all warm and fuzzy using a stirling engine to capture minute and fickle flows of solar power at great expense on your roof, it does not one iota to reduce oil consumption.

If electricity was a good substitute for oil, oil wouldn't be so much more expensive than electricity.

[recklessness1987]

the bottom line, is energy.

be it electrically or, chemically stored.

If we find ways to generate electrical energy easier and more efficiently, they can replace the energy we now get from oil.

So yes, if we can find a way to use these machines more efficiently, it WILL help reduce oil consumption.

[whoopwhoopwhoops]

please tell me you're not serious

[themightyimp08]

How many watts is the bulb?

How many watts are generated by the machine?

just interested..

[jake5680]

to themightyimp08;

The energy generated WILL ALWAYS be less than what is powering it. In case you were thinking of trying to get free energy. =P

[themightyimp08]

yeah, that's what i thought!

It's interesting, but a bit of a waste of time I reckon!

[Rayner1234]

@themightyimp08 surely the power of the bulb is more then what the the engine is producing .

[nnnuggets]

@themightyimp08 solar power could be implemented.

[vocalpatriot]

interesting, I think with a few modifications, this may be made to move a small amount of fluid in one direction. mechanically assisting the natural convection process. hmm..

[SWINGREGORY]

simplement genial

[cyborgtroy]

I don't see a crankshaft.. It looks like a beta engine, but with the power cylinder attached to the pipe system. Weird.

[pimpachu]

Where's the power source?!

[pimpachu]

after further inspection, i realized that there was a light bulb nearby generating the heat to power that engine. N/M

[KbApimp007]

the power source for the light is a wall outlet, you can barely see it, but if you do HQ you can see the cord going off the table.

[soylentgreenb]

It's the 20 W halogen lamp above the heat engine.

[441rider]

Water makes a great seal, wow. thermodynamics meets fluid dynamics! the next level 5*

[chevyrulesu]

look so simple yet so precise.. i also am trying to make my own stirling engine now from all the difrent designs i seen i think il try to build my own and make it sort of origional but this one is one of my faovirte ones..

[THEEBGB]

So very high quality, if there are not plans available there should be....even if i could not make it as well i really would like to try my hardest! ......are there any plans for this beast?

[huynhminhtri]

Entertainment , kid stuff,or hitek 101 ?

I don't know.

[douro20]

Very interesting...I've never seen a fluid-piston LTD engine before.

[gptau]

damned! ce sont de vrais bijoux!! merci vraiment beaucoup pour le plaisir!

[MrSidMan]

Is that running off light?

[acerkiwi]

It is running off heat.

[panzarw]

it can go for ever, ohh and a nice pump too

[glyn254]

well impressed