Low Temperature Stirling Engine running on Ice

[ET3Engo]

-To transfer heat into mechanical energy all you need is a difference in temperature.

-The difference in temperature here is the ice and ambient (air). So instead of making the hot side hotter like using a fuel hes making the cold side colder using ice.

[Djich1]

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[john1966elliott]

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[321ozzy]

Great to see an engine running on ice, instead of a heat source.

I enjoy the rest of your videos too.

Regards from Mexico

[QuaziGNRLNose]

@321ozzy its running on a heat source, the AIR!

[321ozzy]

@QuaziGNRLNose

The huge temperature difference is established by the ice on one side of the engine, so the air is not a heat source, but as a result of the ice on one side it has become the "hot side".

The ice is the energy source, once melted completely, the capacity fades away.

[QuaziGNRLNose]

@321ozzy No, the temperature gradient is the source of the movement, the ice is not supplying the energy, its simply a means to create a gradient so that the heat in the air can be harnessed.

no matter what, "cold" can not be used as a power source. what you're saying would be the same as saying the cooling air provides to a Stirling engine over a fire is the fuel the engine is using, instead of the flames heat itself.

[321ozzy]

@QuaziGNRLNose

Thank you for your response, I'm afraid I do not agree with you regarding the source.

If the ice is the means to create the gradient, it is the source of energy.

When the ice has melted the temperature difference is less and as a conscequence the energy to run the engine becomes less too.

The airtemperature is constant, therefore not seen as the source.

In your second example, the cooling air over the sterling engine is also constant, so it is not the source either.

[tdfisxs]

@321ozzy - But what is cauing the ICE to melt???? To run a stering engine, you need Thermal energy. That Thermal energy is converted to Mechanical Energy by the engine.  Thermal energy is measured by BTU's. Those BTU's are coming from the surrouding AIR. There is no Thermal energy (BTU's) coming FROM the ice.