the working of a Free Piston Stirling Engine

[ujjwala23456]

nice 

[piespokladowy]

interesting...

[justnotcricket]

what's used for cooling?

[SWINGREGORY]

GREAT ANIMATION

[powerofpowder]

saladdogger...yes it was. the eninge uses a natural gas burner to heat the top end of the engine. As mentioned above a wide range of sources could be used for this purpose, i.e. solar energy and why not waste heat

[ibauae]

I like it , Really interesting idea and I think I can be utilized in some other way , If you please may somebody guide me from where I can buy this set ?

[egn2020]

interesting video but what purpose does it serve

[vincent7520]

to produce performing hot air engines that could be heated by solar panels and produce energy (for instance )

simple to understand, no ?

[egn2020]

Yea it is easy to understand I just never seen no one mount a generator in the kitchen it's just strang, no?

[vincent7520]

they project to mount them on huge solar farms !!!!

[phunkaddikt]

It used to be strange also to have a microwave oven. Name me a few that dont posses one.

[joeymackaroni]

This is one of the most efficien engines ever built. Only small input of enrgy creates hot water for the home plus a kilowatt of electricity. this is the culmination of 30 years of reaserch by the Sunpower company of Athens Ohio; its founder William Beale pattented the first free piston sirling engine in the early 70s. I'm reading an amazing book that cronincles the early struggles & succeses @ Sunpower. "The Next Great Thing: The Sun, the Stirling Engine, and the Drive to Change the World"

[saladdogger]

Was this not developed in the uk by british gas?

[chronographica]

@saladdogger

I thought Ringbom developed the first free piston stirling engine

[saladdogger]

What happened to this design? Is it still ongoing?

[identiticrisis]

Well, the original Stirling Engine, based on the (reversible!) Stirling cycle, was first made in 1816... in Scotland...

You can blame reciprocating petrol / diesel / gas fueled generators for the lack of interest in the last hundred years. Clever thinking + modern materials & manufacturing = WIN!

[DominickBlack]

It's the king of all designs. I bow to your greatness!

Got sunlight collector and sun-tracking system???

The world is your oyster.

[SWINGREGORY]

MICROGEN