STIRLING ENGINE FRESNEL LENS SOLAR POWER GREEN ENERGY SUN

[NCIcaucus]

How can I get a lens and how do I use it to power a house?

[newage4energy]

Despite what they say, there has got to be a way to allow this one to do some heavy work. Guess it would have to start out in rural area till all the bugs are worked out. Connecting to any grid would be tough.

[SWINGREGORY]

nice gamma type Stirling engine

best regards

[wolfcrapshit]

TOCO TOCO! helicopter?

[SolarTrinkets]

<<<check out the solar kinetic models on my channel !

[aztecsolarpwr]

This is really inspiring. This is exactly how solar power can be harnessed and put to a number of uses.

[Anthonyk312]

@aztecsolarpwr actually, these types of engines are pretty useless because they're not strong enough to move a load.

[romeoneverdies]

how about using the lens to concentrate solar power onto a cell ?

[Jthetinman]

I wanted to see your wife too!

[uponmysoapbox1]

is there anyway you can use this engine to power something? or is there a larger version which could?

[omarsuarez73]

That's pretty sweet

[zavatone]

I head off to Africa every year. Would you like to help me set up and test some of these systems remotely? Can it generate electricity when tied to a generator? Have you done any more work on these?

Cheers,

- Alex

[Elevationary]

You know one can only imagine, if the chimney's on trains were fitted with solar panels in hot country's,who knows how far we would be today with this technology,the only problem is it would not be responsive enough.

[Sasifras1]

cool.

[lovethyheathen]

i guess i will stay with good 'ol black goo...(refined crude oil) for my energy needs.

[Proupin]

@lovethyheathen refined crude oil, that would be gasoline.

[bobsony1]

Where Can I purchase one of these engines .

I hade one the same that was purchased in 1960s .

It is all warn out now & I want to replace it .

Regards

Bob C

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

Hi Bob,

Check Ebay.

[rambbo12]

how do you make that it is cool

[szym86]

how many RPMs ?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

1800 RPMsss

[MyLIfeStudios]

how efficent is this compared to solar panels if we set up a feild of these mirrors and turbines and a feild of solar panels which one make more energy

[intheshitter]

How efficient would one of these be compared to a solar panel ?

[RCvolunteer1978]

If only you could build a car size (Stirling Engine) with a Fresnel Lens to produce electrical power maybe 55KW to start cheaply

[wenkirast]

just build a whole park off those

[purexwiz]

I SMELL A BBQ !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

[analyzingfunny]

First of all, what does this have to do with BBQ, and second....Damn!!! That thing is about ready to burst!!

[61520a]

when are they going to show us the easy way to build one?

[potatochip1]

the beast kind of energy potential comes in the form of steam power, when it rains the "water tanks" are refilled and when, it stops the sun (and a few lenses get to work.) steam power baby!!!!

[Kolon00000]

what kind of torque would a stirling engine produce?

[zeekwolfe]

Only enough to get torqueys to invest in a dead end.

[Mutske161]

Put coil's and magnets on the spinning weels and u get a much more effecient sollarpower system.

[solunasunrise]

they should make RC cars with this .... !! some lens fore the heat n shit ...

[madepandora24]

look madepandora - generator

[Halobenzene]

What is the efficiency on such a device?

[ZOMG111eleven]

Stirling cycle engines are the most efficient engine there currently is however their downfall is the size they have to be to produce any meaning full amount of power, they are often touted as being the energy savior of mankind but despite many dollars of research not a lot has eventuated yet...

[jaekib]

A very good Stirling engine runs at around 40% efficiency--on par with the best steam turbine power plants. But being external combustion (BIG radiators), a piston engine, and therefore most suitable for small power production, little has come of them. They were once popular for running fans in the days of fired room furnaces.

This little air-cooled variant would not be nearly that efficient, maybe 10%? Something like that.

Cheers,

H

[Procrastinatathor]

What are specs about this engine? Who made it? Fluid inside?

Amazing stuff! This is real greene energy!

[Wezzipooh]

so how do i get to work on one of those things?? doesnt look like theres much room for shopping either. whats its top speed? no no i dont think this is going to work at all

[trader0108]

Here is a way that a residential house could effectively store solar energy during the five hours of good sunshine, to last for the full twenty-four hours. Use a hydraulic elevator system lifting a very heavy weight, where the energy is stored by the gravity of the weight. When the sun goes down,or when more power is needed during the five hours of good sunshine, the very heavy weight movement is reversed and the hydraulics is used to generate power.

[wjbombo]

Where can I buy a Stirling Engine? Anyone got any reasonably-priced sources?

Thanks.

[jaekib]

A buddy bought one of these from a little company in Phoeniz, AZ. We broke it in using it for a similar purpose as this fellow. I believe it's the same model engine. They are available online. Start by googling sterling or stirling engine model.

[suddibrit]

wow it's a wonderful masterpiece....i'm in to make such thing now...

[truthiness79]

Hey guys I'm in west leederville in Australia I have spare time I can do the labor and scavenge to help make this, also I have a computer science degree, get in touch!

[truthiness79]

This is beautiful man, thankyou so much for providing inspiration.

[wind4watts]

OK idea for a 1870's Scotsman isn't it!,I saw a simpler heat engine and was fascinating to see,could one or more of these be used to utilise waste heat in central heating/ power stations maybe?. Keep up the good work!

[ukolpn]

Surely some kind of Stirling turbine would have higher efficiency? We seem to be fixated on pistons..

[xerolankadiaraistlin]

problem is we would need an alternate source for night and cloudy days which i don't see why we don't make hybrid cars of electricity and solarpower?

[inetprez]

Where can I get a Stirling Engine like that one? Have you tried to run it with a load?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

I have several links on my website. Go to the stirling engine page and there are several wholesale sellers at the bottom. This engine can also be bought off of ebay. The only load test I did was with friction at this point.

[rambbo12]

how did you make that

[inetprez]

Where can I get a Stirling Engine like that one? Have you tried to run it with a load?

[kwisn]

See Whispergen, new sterling powered generator. I was onboard a boat that had one for a heat and electrical source, very cool!

[paleosmoker]

I was wondering about the Stirling engine; where could someone find a larger one? The only ones that I have found are small something like 1/4 or 1/8 scale. Also, where did you get the big Fresnel lens?

[HugMyNutz]

they have them on ebay, it's well priced, as for the stirling engines you'll have to make it your self. no retailer makes them, if your lucky you'll find the new ones which are very expesive and have the dual or quad pistons

[paleosmoker]

Thanks, I felt kinda silly after asking about the lenses...I saw that he was selling them about five minutes later.

[icicicles]

OK guy and gals or should I just say inventers. Don't go throughing down a $100 bucks for a Fresnel lens on eBay cus you can get big ass ones from your friends and nabors or even a TV maintenance shop. You see they're in all them big ass projection TV's your buying as consumers.

[icicicles]

Behind the front plastic screen protector is the big ass Fresnel your all looking for but hang onto that screen protector to use to keep the lens flat. Warning!!! Please treat this like a loaded gun, as a curious child can ignite your house in a few seconds and pray to your higher being you and them are not in it.

[icicicles]

Even a small 8x10 in I have can ignite a 2x6 board in less then 5 seconds. Keep the lens covered when not in use. Now all you eBay profiteers, don't be hate'n! Now get out there and make mother earth proud, reinvent the wheel.

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

The large ones are hard to find agreed on Ebay for the smaller ones.

[giganoto]

its not cute its science or amazing

[Vanthus]

Hay I was just visiting, but what is this for? it's cute LOL.

[gsusman]

where did you get the stirling engine? DIY? Online? Anyone have plans for this kind? Thank you! Very cool.

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

Hi,

Ebay has a few and DIY plans are there too. If you buy one, get the fully assembled version. The kits work but sometimes are off enough to never work. Fully assembled get tested.

[redviper101]

That sounds powerful to be so small and it looks like it has plenty of torque to run a dynamo.

[c9ari]

I thing a boat something the size of the Africa queen would be really fun to have powered by a big one of these

[LTF85199]

Wow, these look much more efficient than solar panels, Why cannt we use thes in a industrial size. or maby even 1000s of these on a field.

[prime3end]

2 calif utility cos & Stirling E Systems are doing it. Building 1000s of acres of them in the desert. Sandia Natl Labs is helping. A solar cell is about 8% these rare 25% , more so if advanced materials used. Watch and see. The mountain ranges being destroyed by coal mining, that we almost lost lake erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, etc in nuke accidents....

[desiredusername]

Solar cells are more like 15% with 30% being achievable in the lab. Love stirlings, though.

[Deathridesahorse2]

I was under the impression that stirling engines were at 40% in 1984.... I though they had the record and is why the there is going to more projects involving it coming up soon....stay tuned!

[kaya051285]

there are some solar concentrators, very large ones. i know of some in france

[prime3end]

If you put a housing around the entire unit, from the lens to the stirling motor, you could capture heat for a regenerator, and further increase power output. and it would make the unit insurable for product liability insurance and homeowners insurance. Feel free to conatact.

[deauzie]

let me know when they are for sale .]

also contact me and I'll send you a link to a solar tracker that uses no electricity just heat from the sun to move.

[doofyee]

Any chance you could send me that info on the solar tracker? I want to build a Stirling engine soon, and I'd like to see what it does with the tracker.

Thanks.

[yasarbas]

wow very fast

[Keveeee2000]

Check out the whispergen. They have finally started marketing a sterling generator! It's pretty pricey though.

[ravipardeshi]

Anyone making these stirlng engines. Any design details?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

I AM WORKING ON A LARGER VERSION THAT COULD PRODUCE 500 WATTS OF mechanical POWER. Most of these are either toys, (too small and cannot handle the heat or wear) or vintage antiques costing 3-5k

[ChrisJMoor]

From scratch? If you can do this, you can probably make a mount for it and save irradiating your fingers:D

[ChrisJMoor]

Look up some information on heat pipes (mercury vapour looks promising). Then look up 'evacuated tube solar water heaters'. Put the two together in a logical manner and you should have a heat source that can get hot enough to run an efficient Sterling engine.

[ChrisJMoor]

Trouble with a lens or reflector is you need to aim it at the sun. If you had something like a heat pipe enclosed in a vacuum flask attached to the hot end, it would not need aiming at the sun and may even work under cloud. Idea for a project:D

[solarcookingnut]

Where did you buy your engine?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

Ebay, it was a kit. I have several larger stirlings from our solar engine project. I should be selling some on ebay. They are bigger, stronger, and can take the heat. The hydrogen booster unit which added 1 hp is still secret but they still kick but.

[solarcookingnut]

SO, IT CAN BE DONE using focused solar power! I was thinking about somehow using a solar cooker, like ones with a curved reflecter like I use for several of my ovens. THIS IS GREAT STUFF! Keep posting more videos!

[Odziz]

That was awesome!

A lot quicker than the steam engine.

What happened with the commentary ?

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

I was focusing on not frying my fingers. LOL