PHILIPS STIRLING CYCLE GENERATOR

[trudgechr]

i have been told that the philips engine will produce 250 watts of power using about 4 litres an hour of keroseen ,my 2 stroke generator will produce 900watts on 4 litres an hour of keroseen. surley this is incorrect

[barumman]

@trudgechr You forgot the decimal point  Philips = point four litres per hour. Cyril :)

[schenkel123]

You have the voice of Dr. Kleiner from Half Life!

[barumman]

@schenkel123 I don't know if that's good or bad. :)

[DanielWinterAt]

great video, thanks :)

[rubyreddevon]

Hi

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[bluephantm]

I think you forgot to mention the centrifugal brake. the engine always produces full power, the excess is burned off in the brake.

[barumman]

@bluephantm I mentioned the brake on my second Philips video. :)

[bluephantm]

@barumman Sorry, I watched that after this one. I always liked the bungalow set, although blowing the flame down into the heater is weird the first time. Unfortunately my boss decided to try to convert the one we had to propane and it never hit full power again. It also never looked complete without the fuel tank and atomizer either.

[crud42]

LOL I thought it was on the ground I thought it was as high as me i rofled when he turned it around with one hand xD

[TomLocura]

8:22 and you finally run it...christ

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[sandokanelvaliente]

Please you how you start the enginne!

[barumman]

@sandokanelvaliente Hi, I intend making another video in the near future showing the starting sequence.

Keep looking, Cyril :)

[jazzy4me4eva]

you should run it at max temp every so often otherwise unburnt carbons can build up

[valdemir2005]

how can I get a driver has to use a village of India, it can be heated with wood fire it?

[SWINGREGORY]

PHILIPS MP1002 CA

Beta configuration

c'est un piece de musé maintenant...

Très difficile à trouver car il n'a été fabriqué en Hollande (NL) qu'à 150 exemplaires !

dommage

cordialement

only 150 PHILIPS MP1002 CA Made in NL : 150 In the world

best regards

[MGARestoration]

Thank you for the demo! Another part of history preserved. ;^) Wonderful!

[arielwollinger]

Damn, I can't find this anywhere to purchase... not even ebay...

[BlameRepublicans]

Jump to 8:20 to see it run

[SatanicScience]

The people prefer the straight-blade sterling cycle engine

[charliewilsonswar1]

What a great video! Thanks for making it!

[johnnyanonyme]

I'm as ignorant as can be about stirling engines, but a thought struck me when watching this. The really new commercial stirling engines are able to use parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto the compression cylinder. I wonder if this old Philips engine could be made to run that way, or if the parts it's made of are too heavy. I imagine something like a "solar stove" sort of arrangement might be able to heat it up. What do you think?

[barumman]

@johnnyanonyme Hi, Yes they could be made to work on Solar energy, John Ericsson had a Stirling Engine working on Solar in 1872, as they say " there is nothing new under the sun"

[starionnsw]

@barumman metireal's are nue i was going to gen post but yes i found one years ago power plants  best to think of it as a vacume engine really

[advthinker]

A blast from the past no doubt, now being reborn with five dollar gas and sky high electric bills.

[eelcogg]

@cdgoddard This video was viewed almost 150000 times. How many people do you think would have seen this engine if it was sitting in a basement somewhere ?

[muthu124]

what is the r/p m of this PHILIPS STIRLING CYCLE GENERATOR pls give me ans ???????????????????

[WillLemax]

what type of fuel does it use?

[barumman]

@WillLemax paraffin kerosene

[Skoda130]

@barumman The "atomizer" in this case basically is a carburettor, isn't it?

[barumman]

@Skoda130 Hi , Yes the atomizer works on the same principle as a carburettor or a paint spray gun.:)

[jorgedude888]

GOOD TEACHER MAN

[barumman]

@jorgedude888

thanks. :)

[Paxmax]

...still way cool!

[AntonBowie]

Glad to see the infamous philips stirling in good hands.

[visolise]

How many kilowatts does this produce ? and what size displacement is the stroke bore ? thanks for the video

[barumman]

@visolise

Approx 250 watts, not sure of the displacement

[SpreadItEverywhere]

@barumman You could make it work using the power of the sun with a fresnel lens

[TheBigfinn100]

Watch it. He May tell you to GET ORF HIS LAAAAAAAND!

[barumman]

@TheBigfinn100 What are you on about ?

[krasserado]

dutch quality !!



[krasserado]

dutch quality !!

[mardelamor]

This is a great video - clear, detailed and very informative. It's fascinating to see this be shown so well. Thanks for sharing!

[Hetman1974]

Does anybody make a new version of this, i.e. an Indian or chinese rip-off

[barumman]

@Hetman1974 Not that I know of. :)

[harpbloke]

fascinating video. thanks heaps for showing this.

[SpeedOfDark186Kmps]

Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing. My technical college, where I go to school, is having my class build various small models of sterling engines and I have found myself catching the bug.

[barumman]

@SpeedOfDark186Kmps  Hi, go very carefully as it can be extremely infectious.

[v1rtualguy]

Very interesting device. I heard/read about those somewhere, they seemed to have way better fuel efficiency than the small 2-stroke generators you can get. Didn't know they produce only 100W though. On the other hand, it would be more than enough for light & a small laptop, and even a cooling box.

The "blue-flame" cyclone burner was said to be the key to their efficiency, if I remember right. (Correct me if I'm wrong, it was a short article I read a few years ago... ;-)

[Reverseflush]

He sounds like he is out of breath.

Please God help this old man to survive longer.

Amen

[barumman]

@Reverseflush

What do you mean "old man" I'm only 67 and have got at least another 30 years ahead of me yet :)

[24preacherboy]

@barumman

Under Obama care you would be getting "end of life" counseling if you get sick

[smartazz61]

@24preacherboy Did this comment accidentally end up under the video of a Stirling engine 24preacherboy? I hope so, really. If it was on purpose, one can only guess why you'd bring up Osama care. Oops! Was that a Freudian slip. I meant to say Osama care.

[TheMorbiousStone]

@Reverseflush you must be slows

[josephdupont]

Good for you.. power it with solar!! now that would be something..

use a cooling jacket.

what didthat cost new in corrected dollars?

thanks for showing us what is involve in running it.. So apparently

high pressure is the key.

maybe I can figure out how to make a high pressure vacuum engine.

[zinger52]

surprisingly quiet for a generator most that you do get are very noisy

[zinger52]

surprisingly quiet for an engine which is seldom the case

[spirituallyinsane]

@zinger52 It doesn't have a pressurized exhaust, so it doesn't have the explosive noise of an internal combustion engine. It's as quiet as it is _without_ a muffler.

[vincent7520]

great ! Nice engine … what is the ratio (I mean watt-hour ?…) : we'll need more of these things in the close future I guess … 

[Kostolom97]

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[esnap]

what is the fuel to watt-hour ration?

[kdc43]

"It runs on parrifin, for our American friends, that's kerosene"  Me being American I appreciate the translation! I'll just add that to torch, windscreen, flat, sacked, bonnet, boot and lorrie. Over here that's flashlight, windshield, apartment, fired (from a job), hood, trunk and truck.

[beckersway]

how long will it run on a filling

[barumman]

@beckersway

Hi, I have never run it for more than a couple of hours at a time .

The hand book says approx 8 hours. :)

[NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000]

You should have showed us starting it.

[barumman]

@NOLIMIT69NOLIMIT2000

I will do some time, :)

[skepticasts]

Wow, looks great! I'm pretty jealous.

Thumbs up if you read cdgoddard's comment and thought cdgoddard sounds like a twit.

[glennl1965]

cdgoddard, I think your comments are very unfair. By restoring the generator to top condition, and then making a video of it for youtube, a lot more people have learned about these facinating little stirling generators than if it was tucked away in some college store room. Well done barumman I say, thank you for taking such good care of this unit and sharing it on youtube.

[s14driver]

at last someone uploaded a video of this engine, thank you very much.

[Powdermonkey09]

@cdgoddard Tech colleges and most all schools throw away or auction off old equipment to the public; due to their budget and income from tuition it's easy for them to obtain newer state of the art equipment. I didn't pay $5K a semester to use ancient outdated technology that I will never encounter. Personally I'd rather see it go to somebody who will take care of and use it than sit on a shelf and fall into disrepair or wind up in a scrap heap.

[astrialkil]

Great Vid! Thank you for sharing with us! 8)

[saladdogger]

Good to see an enthusiast like yourself getting and shareing your engine.Do the right thing and keep it safe m8. Any sources of info on the internals? the hargreves book seems hard to get hold of.

[zoticus1]

Fascinating!

What is the build date?

[barumman]

@zoticus1

Approx 1950 :)

[mr2ange]

never really seen these sort of things, very nice introduction to the world of generators,

good explanation and really interesting watch!

its nice to see how things used to work, and to me its amazing that you can do so much using these materials and science to make it work so well!

[TBA810ASx]

Thank you. It would be nice to see the inside mechanism and parts , a very interesting and nice engine. :-)

[TBA810ASx]

Is it rhombic drive ?

[barumman]

@TBA810ASx

No, It is a belcrank drive

[thepir68]

very good thank you

[black404go]

simply amazing. a treasure. thank you for sharing.

[barumman]

@black404go It's my pleasure. 

[Axbent]

a pump of the kind air rifle shooters use for their PCP air rifles should be useful!

[barumman]

@Axbent Sounds like hard work, no thanks, Cyril :)

[jjmqwerty]

i have seen two others but haven't seen one running. from studying the drawings and the machine, it is an amazing piece of compact, unorthodox engineering for 1950. i understand 150 or so were built, hargreaves book on the philips stirling is the best source of history.

[gchenley]

What a treasure find. Thanks for the video.

[crazyhonda8]

oh, sry haha

[crazyhonda8]

nice vid, where do u buy em?

[barumman]

I told you in the video :)

[Baldrick2010]

Oh, thank you very much for sharing. I've read a little about this engine/ generator. Some aspects you are explaining were new to me, for example the starting process with the air-filled tubular housing - just great! This is a very beautiful specimen and I can only encourage you to keep it well maintained in this great condition and have it run occasionally. But seeing your 2nd video (with the disassembled parts and related maintenance efforts) i reckon you know what you're doing - keep it up!

[2RobertGoddard]

Man oh man, I cant believe you found this. That is beautifull. I been reading about these things and seen a few pictures. Its a real honor to see a video of one of them. I want to take it apart and look at all the design feutures. Simply amazing, thank you

[londonAndI]

Any ideas where I can get my hand on one of these?

[silver760]

I really wanted to see this being started,why did they go to all the trouble and effort of using a custom stirling engine when they could have used an off the shelf engine?

[fernandesilyt]

Disassemble the engine to find out the exact measurements of components such as pistons and cylinders.

[barumman]

@fernandesilyt  No thank you.

[SteffanLlwyd]

Lovely design: very neat; plus the Stirling principle is ingenious.

[hrapu88]

Thank you very munch , this is exelent stirling video .

[designine]

thats a beautiful engine!

but i even like your own engine build more. please, keep up that great work of yours!

[harpreet928]

it is great engineered engine

can u please tell me what is it's fuel consumption for one hour and how load can it take maximum

although it was not designed at that time to run high power consuming equipments but i appreciate your video as a great educational aid and anyone can see how a sterling engine been in use in past

i am curious to know it's fuel consumption along with load capacity how load can it handle

[barumman]

Hi, The full load rating shown in the instruction book is 180 watts at 220 volts.

also the fuel consumtion is quoted as appro .4 litre per hour.

There is another video due in the near future as I have been very fortunate in obtaining another one for restoration, keep watching. :)

[harpreet928]

thank you SIR

i will look forward to see your another clips

[dukwcapt]

This is a real neat little engine! Thanks for sharing the vid! You did a great job of

explaining how it operates. I wonder what

it is worth being so rare? Keep her safe!

[barumman]

Keep watching as there will be another video based on the Philips Engine in the near future, Best wishes, Cyril

[dajsinjo]

I guess output is not so impressive compared to same size internal combustion engine

[barumman]

That's for sure.

[Ilovemyoldguitar]

WOW, I've been looking one of these for about 40 years without success. The Science Museum in London had one but it is no longer on display. I thought it was just compressed air stored in the tube fram, or was it a special gas?. What is the electrical power output?. The frame arrangement probably looked odd when it was built, but it certainly defined the shape of portable generators to come.

[dajsinjo]

180 W , 1500rpm (engine), 0.4l of kerosine per hour, don't know about displacement , originally air is working gas

[douro20]

This is a well engineered high-efficiency Stirling engine, and it has a special regenerator and pressurized cylinders.

[STEVEDIGIBOYtv]

Gimme! awesome machine you are a very lucky chap.

Is the working gas in the tube frame? or does that stored gas pressurize the working gas chamber before running?

My Nexus6 stirling is high pressure but compressed then sealed by a shrader valve.

[barumman]

The air stored in the carrying handles is used to pressurize the engine and to work the fuel atomizer.

Once the engine is running the air pump supplies the needs of the engine as well as replenishing the reservior for the next start. The engine will not run at all without pressure! Best wishes. :)

[SergeantTwiggs]

thanks for the explanation to us Americans i was boggled for a sec

[rossott]

super neat! Check out my PMG generator

[trossachs2003]

Thanks for that. At some point I would like to see more of the starting cycle - I'm sure some other nerds would as well.

[ricande]

Yes. I would definitly want to see the startup of it. :P

[barumman]

I will try to oblige some time.:)

[AgentCROCODILE]

Even though this sort of wasn't a commercial success - probably due to the small power output - it does show a good proof of concept there about where a Stirling engine could be used.

[kostea13]

Finealy I have founde it ! This + solar power and FREEDOM

[kheston]

A rare find, truly. I'm envious! Thanks for sharing!

[Mattys2007]

terrific! keep the stirling rolling

[1originalist]

I bet'cha they would sell now....Someone needs to come up w/ a set of plans to fab one...Thank you for your posts....My son will love this...He is 9....Great find.....Larry in Fl. US

[diymania]

Finally a video of this old generator!!

I´ve been all over the web for a video of this "bungalow set"

Thanks!

[SWINGREGORY]

EXACTELY /

Power: about 0.3 kW

Speed: 1500 r.p.m.

[SWINGREGORY]

1950, réalisation de 150 générateurs de 200 W, entraînés par moteur Stirling. Ce générateur ne sera pas commercialisé du fait de la mise sur le marché des postes de radio à transistors, pouvant être alimentés par des piles électriques

[barumman]

Thanks for the comments.

[OleTC]

Am glad to see, that one of these collectibles has ended in Your hands, and in 1st class condition too.

I don't have to ask if You know that they are much sought after by collectors and bring in high prices at auctions?

Thank You for sharing this juwel with us.

Best

[gilbondfac]

Cool ! I search this motor since several years ! where do you get it ! thanks !

[mytickets]

I have been looking for one engine like this for some time.Ill stop looking You have the one & only .I am building a hot air engine that should put out about 7 hp.Using the HOT SUN to heat the hot end.Wish you were my next door neighbor !! : ) JEFF AZ.

[mjdevink]

Wow Barumman! You are the envy of about 500 HAES forum readers! Better keep that rare beauty under lock and key now folks know there is a real one out there! Cheers -Mike

[myfordboy]

Very well described. A treat to see this rare engine running. I want one!

[electrique527]

Thank you so much! I have really wanted to see one of those running.

This was one amazing engine for its time, very sad it did not make any impact.

Being from Holland (Philips is a Dutch company) this engine makes me both proud and sad. Proud because they developed it, sad because it took soooo much investment and was abandoned later...

In technical colleges here there is a saying that came from the period: "If you want to lose your money, develop a new engine." :)

Richard

[barumman]

Hi Richard, I'm sorry I didn't mention that it was built by PHILIPS of HOLLAND ``````````````````````````````­`` It is of special interest to me also, being a television engineer for 50 years I have been working on their TV & Radio equipment all of my working life, I also have the Philips Radio to go with it as shown in C.M. Hargreaves book on the Philips Stirling Engine.

. IBSN 0-444-88463-7

Elsevier Science Publishers

Best wishes from the UK.

[create80]

Thanks for a rare video of a rare engine !!

[d3adp001]

holy cow, those are rare. Not really eff. but very cool none the less. Nice deal, lucky :)

[IronGoober]

Another great video! I can't believe you actually obtained one of these, that is fantastic. I've always wanted one, actually I want to build one. Thanks for posting this!

[linuxcaffe]

Thank you Barumann for sharing this!

I had so many questions about this unit and you've answered almost all of them in this video. How often do you run it ? Would you consider it to be practical, within it's current range ? Is there documentation with it ?

I'm most curious about the piston configuration and engine type.

[spinningmagnets]

Everyone loved this over at the Hot Air Engine Society (HAES) we have collected some of the drawings and spec sheets, plus history, etc. Any additional info greatly appreciated, please stop by...

[digits1000]

Nice engine, Thanks for posting. Love your videos.

Ben TX USA

[carl95125]

Wow !!! Thanks for posting !!

Now...where can I buy one??

Carl