The original used coffee cans connected with 3/4 or 1" copper tubing IIRC. Also included a small valve to drain water getting into the air transfer tube accidently.
This is "The Back Yard Stirling Engine" featured in "Scientific American" magazine several years ago. Do a web search by name.
Water is heated on one side, cooled on the other and air is transferred from one inverted coke can to the other by an air pipe not visible in the video111
Thanks, I have one on file.
The original used coffee cans connected with 3/4 or 1" copper tubing IIRC. Also included a small valve to drain water getting into the air transfer tube accidently.
stanhbaker 2 years ago
This is "The Back Yard Stirling Engine" featured in "Scientific American" magazine several years ago. Do a web search by name.
Water is heated on one side, cooled on the other and air is transferred from one inverted coke can to the other by an air pipe not visible in the video111
stanhbaker 3 years ago
I recall the article and have a copy of it somewhere
xennelul 2 years ago
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randommagnum 3 years ago
Now, I know how Stirling engines work... And I know how alpha Stirlings work... but htf does this work??
cyborgtroy 4 years ago
Wow, that's great. Nice to see it work so well. By the way, we posted a correction regarding the rotation error on Make's website
-Bill G
wmgurst 4 years ago