Solar Stirling Engine

[DigiDavidex2]

wireless key in the center >BD

[5656bigsteve]

Just wonder how this compares to a photovoltaic panel?

[bryncomeaux]

i dont like nature all those animals eating each other life cannot exist without the taking of other life it is inherantly heinious. I think God was wrong to have made it even if it wasnt the original paln he knew what would happen because he is god so i say we should become super powerfull corporations and kill the whole planet then the constant deth toll will finaly cease. RIP earth you have been found guilty

[spookycelery]

@techmantis except at night..

[stevenmorookian16]

can I put one of these engines on my lawnmower?

[AbeSter77]

This technology is the future. Simple and Elegant.

Hook an array of these to an industrial size electrolyzer and water...

You've got Hydrogen Fuel.

Nice.

[WodeBolder]

holy shit i've got a woody

[tkrisnadas]

I live in chennai, India where there are only 3 seasons-hot, hotter, hottest.if only people harnessed a litlle solar energy here we could make a big difference. I have already started using a solar oven and it cooks fabulously.

[Risenangelicaegis]

Very nice :-)

[larici1984]

wow time machine back to 1900 :)))

[alienjoe123]

This seems like a better idea than most the current green stuff... AND IM NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY GIVE A GOOD GOD DAMN,

[Mandragara]

@SurvivalGuide2012 Stopped trying to sell your junk in YouTube comments. Flagged for spam.

[crysaetos11]

amazing! :)

[5T34LTHcamoT4NK]

so is this some kind of sex toy?

[Badguysworld]

do you think it would work better if it spun? wouldn't that be like a light drill or something? increasing the speed or DEESTROOYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEUUUU­UUUUUUCTEEEEEEYOOOOOOOOOON!!!

[stirlingfreak]

stirlingshop.de  - for kits of stirling engines

[sc6chuck9]

Where do I get plans?

[vodafoneoff]

___ w w w diymagneticmotor com Free energy

[5T34LTHcamoT4NK]

@vodafoneoff its not free if you pay for it

[crackmaster88]

Jenna Jamison want this for birthday :D

[pinokio9529]

представте что 20% всех землятрисенний планеты более 6ти баллов в норвегии или что реально в японии

[00011theman]

lol it looks wrong...

[stdavross666]

WOW good work

[koondenpa]

日本の家庭と被災地に導入すべき

I think that I should introduce it into the home and stricken area of Japan

[koondenpa]

日本の家庭と被災地に導入すべき

I think that I should introduce it into the home and stricken area of Japan

[dproffessa]

Thats a really cool toy

[computerfreaq17]

Looks sexy!

XD

[wyrrox]

One day...

[AgdrAgon999]

If you connected these in a series I bet they could be adapted to charge a low wattage mp3 player or a cell phone ;)

Someone please try it!!

[CoolSolarStuff]

Cool!

[DavidMcMahon1]

Lovely thing, to think with a bank of these connected to batts, would recharge for free :)

[bscfrnd1]

I could use one of these . I am wondering how the motor will stand up over time .  How much run time before maintenance?

[bscfrnd1]

I could use one of these . I am wondering how the motor will stand up over time . How much run time before maintenance?

[eloid777]

@321ozzy where did u source the mylar from... does it have adhesive?

[eloid777]

where to find the drawing or a plan of this stirling engine want to help buildon for son school project,how is wattage calcuated for this engine?

[321ozzy]

@eloid777

Thank you very much for your reply.

The mylar I used are from chips bags "Dorritos" for example; I used silicon glue to paste it on the dish.

At first I grinded the surface thoroughly to make it smooth. You should apply a thin layer of glue on the dish and add strips of about 5cm (2 inches approx.) next to each other, starting in the middle.

The temperature in the focal point gets extremely hot.

The disadvantage is the narrow range of it, as a few cm / inches away from the FC...

[321ozzy]

@eloid777

(part2) the temperature is too low for its purrpose to boil water, cook some small dishes, etc.

A tripod from small pipes and a made-of-thick-wire round panholder is used, on which a pan / pot is placed (painted black at the bottom)

To accelerate the boiling / cooking, a glass lid is placed on the pan and in case of the water, a transparent plastic cover is put around the pot (e.g. a cut-open plastic 10 litre water bottle)

Good luck with the project; solar box ovens work great too.

[randommagnum]

A plexiglass cover, while taking away some available radiation, would make it easier to keep it clean.

[enticed2zeitgeist]

Is this more efficient than a solar panel of equal of size? Could it be designed better to more efficient than a solar panel?

[fordyrox]

Is that more eficient than a solar panel of that size?

[1foxtrot70]

Another thing that makes you go WOW is the Euro vs. US Dollar exchange rate. 459 Euros = $600.78 at 15:14 hrs CST today.

[1foxtrot70]

I look at these type the solar powered stirlings and it just makes you go... WOW! Amazing this is 200 year old technology and we still have yet to make full use of it.

[bicnarok]

@stirlingfreak much power

[toastyovens]

Just connect the bobbng thingamajig to a dildo and you got yourself a solar powered dildo machine!

[setumer47]

Nice! can it heat up my hot dogs?

[amberjacksolar]

This looks superb! Solar innovations are definitely crossing all the barriers.

[muzamilhassan145]

nice

[ReneeNme]

That's one fancy kitchen collander.

[davepamn]

How big would the system be to create 20 kw?

[piespokladowy]

*****

[asianmovement]

imagine a bunch of these on a roof!

[locogirl790]

That is awesome we built one for my process technology class but that one is waaay better lol

[s4a4v4y]

nice set up

[jetsamjetsam]

now if only i can tie my penis to it...

[GardenDiva75]

That is amazing...

[mlexus74]

very freaky cool

[sambluecat]

wait wow hold the phone are telling me this hasn't been put to practical use man oil is slowing the world down

[DjGisME]

This is the future we just need something silent

[TheSolarSkater]

do you have an electric motor on that?

[gaiatechnician]

I have a video about mounting the dishes on a equatorial mount, (like a telescope) then you point them at the sun and turn the dishes automatically all day to keep it going. The advantage is that your sterling engine is stationary. Currently the idea is to use 2 dishes to keep the center of gravity balanced.

[viridisrock]

A parabolic mirror with a 1m2 surface and a stirling attached to an induction motor can produce no more than 100 W in a sunny day.

In comparison a photovoltaic panel of 100W it's more expensive than a sun-stirling engine, if only stirling tech get cheaper.

[TheBetterGame]

@viridisrock Can i ask where you got your 100W stat?

[viridisrock]

I've made very approximated calculation:

1000 W = solar energy per 1m2 (a summer midday)

0.8 = aluminium reflection factor

0.2 = stirling engine efficiency

1000 * 0.8 * 0.2 = 160W

Well i found diverse values on google but the results are between 100 and 200, certainly depending on engine-generator efficiency and the weather;.

[landinho62]

@viridisrock man, you're 10.thanks for information. which will win?

[drchen054]

@viridisrock Stirling engines can reach anywhere between 40 to 50 percent efficiency(virtually to max theoretical). These aren't regular internal combustion engines.

[024reredrum]

@mundorganic You would need a hell of allot of parabola mirrors to power a country.

[mundorganic]

Why are we still using coal???????????

[TheKlink]

@mundorganic

vested interests.

Also, getting power lines to places where things like this would be really useful is too expensive. No point having them in the middle of nowhere if they cant get the wires to your house to power your fridge.

[MattOGormanSmith]

A fridge that only works when the sun is shining?  not a bad idea for air conditioning in the desert. PV is the way to go. Solid state FTW.

[TheKlink]

Well, peak usage is always a problem. photovoltaics simply wont work at the UK's latitude. HVDC ftw, rather, cos then you could use the photvoltaics in a latitude where they work, and transfer the power wherever with minimal loss. The UK'd b better off utilizing wind, wave and geothermal. Or use prison inmates in treadmills.

[UncleKennybobs]

@TheKlink Out of all of those I like the treadmill idea.

Think of all the energy in those fat arses that waddle around Britain today. We could get them all to sit on bikes for a couple of hours a day and generate plenty of juice, as well as get exercise.

Some show that I can't remember the name of showed that around 20 people were just about able to power a house with a family of four. Of course those four were lazy wasters themselves...

[Idiotsmakemesad]

@TheKlink I've got the solution for you. All you need to do is find a way to produce energy from the hot air generated when a politician is asked to take action on climate change.

[silverpizza100]

waste of time and resources!

[Blacklemon67]

\:^|

[huevopulentosqui]

o_O ... Genial

[fireofenergy]

Stirling Energy Systems' are about 30% efficient, not bad at twice that of PV!

Robotically mass production of solar and LiFePO4 batteries on the utility scales would indeed seem like "unlimited energy"

[Salladsdressing]

As long as it doesn't beat coal in watts per dollar....back to the drawing board! =)

But hey! Good work so far!

[hdkivela2]

Nice work!

[SiliconeSlave]

wow...

[whatzupa]

That's cool.

[koenstr]

well, a efficiency of about 1,5 % is not that bad...

PV's are only 10x better...

[jpjnet]

PV 10X better? hummm...

"Mitsubishi has broken its own photovoltaic cell efficiency record in a seeming attempt to ensure domination over the solar energy industry. The company has improved the conversion efficiency rate of its PV cells to 18.9 percent— only a slight increase from the previous record of 18.6 percent" With sterling engines approaching 30% efficiency I'm not sure I understand your statement.

[ricochetVendetta]

would be interesting to see it power something or be setup like a generator

[JordanMaster22]

how many watts if it was a thermocouple or steam engine?

[luc59457]

WIth this kind of output power and as electrical storage is always improving, I think this could very well be our future: watch?v=OTQ4cFn5sXs&feature=re­lated

[Zollikoffer]

So, anyone have an idea on the output of this device? And how much energy is wasted in the conversion processes? It seems pretty efficient from what I'm seeing! maybe it's a good idea to look into building one...

[lebonpost]

the only problem is that no one has been able to make an electric power generation from a stirling engine for a house yet, the day someone posts a working electric generation system here then we can talk about it.

[RestauranteChines]

This is a Beta Stirling right?

[magua73]

This is a elegant and simple design, this could have potential to help people in rural areas in the third world.

[aerobique]

!!!

[boxa888]

YOU ARE A FUCKING GENIUS! i would have never thought of that in a million yrs! great job!! i hope you got a patent and everything on this!! thank you!

[fireofenergy]

Awesome!

These don't need to turn the deserts into a vast dust bowl, no! And turning it into a giant black field (of PV) is obviously a no no. Using billions of post driven COOL mirrors (without the need to bulldoze) is the final solution to UNLIMITED SOLAR thermal power with heat storage.

This Sterling Energy System's proven concept does not store heat BUT is twice as efficient! Maybe bat's or H2 could then be cost effective means? CSP (however designed) provides more jobs than oil!

[Lollocide]

Don't go nuts there, solar energy is by no means unlimited and 100% reliable and any country basing their entire power supply on solar is going to find that out the hard way.

[flamesholder]

Actually, all but nuclear energy is some form of solar energy. Fossil fuels are solar energy bound in biomass by photosynthesis millions of years ago. So, so most of countries rely on solar power of some form.

[happydude77]

i didn't know that

[Lollocide]

You didn't know that because its rubbish, nuclear material isn't generated by photosynthesis, that's fossil fuels.

I'm unsure when nuclear is generated, but I suspect it is laid down when the planet comes together.

[fireofenergy]

You know I'm wrong when I said "final solution". However, robotically mass produced solar (whatevers) and LiFePO4 batteries on the utility scale could be!

[ppardee]

That is so sexy!  Great work!

[1035573]

man, that' s a beautiful engine!

what are you, German?

[murai0808]

just solar stirling engine? where's the generator? but, very cool.

[DumbingDownofusa]

i am shitting in my paints really . i would like this

[eagleeleven]

where can I buy a small one?

[rozdani]

don't see generator

[papnase2007]

Die Sonneneinsstrahlung auf 1 Prozent der Sahara würden reichen, um mit der aktuell verfügbaren Technik der Solarkraftwerke, den Weltenergiebedarf zu decken. Ok, wird nicht ganz billig, aber was werden wir zahlen müssen, wenn wir so weiter machen?

[Bukuzoid]

You also need some mechanism to rotate device folowing diurnal motion of the Sun, and adjust it every few days (or second special drive) for annual Sun movements by declination.

[AdiGeorgescu22]

nicely done! can you share the plans?

[jpm000001]

Very nice!

[solarday]

Beautifully made.

[InferiorFetus]

how much do you want for one !!

[cris666666]

superb

[eggaweb]

The same principal is being used on a large scale. The large ones produce 25KW each. They cost less per KW than solar PV.

I wonder if a small scale one can be made for the home to compete with solar PV?

[jasonguyperson]

this type of engine is far more energy efficient than PV. :)

[tamilmannan]

whats PV?

how much electricity can this produce

[RestauranteChines]

PV is photovoltaic. The ammount of electricity produced by this little engine shoul not be sgnificant.' i think

[tamilmannan]

yea but i wud like to build a big ass 1 that gets mbe 1kw

[firesyphon]

no thats thermal to mechanical energy conversion

a 20 ft dish could power an entire household!

[Taino187]

How dare you break the shackles of the global energy mafia!!! You shall be hunted down and imprisoned!!! "This message broght to you by the Exxon-Mobile's, Shell's, Texaco's, and BP's of the world" ;-) Thats very neat like an over-unity machine, even if the output might be less than the input the input is endless therefore your winning in the end. That little setup could easily run a simple generator.. very nice! ;-)

[HODWorld]

beat solar?

[osvcoira]

Very Very nice, but how much mecanical work porduces, aprox?

[stirlingfreak]

power (mechanic): 1,5W

[BRESHEET]

NICE!!!

[oddssodds]

did you build this stirling yourself? really nice

[vqdset]

search "Concentratore solare da parabola satellitare" an experiment of italian student in 2006.

[LinuxUser269]

it sounds so sci-fi cool

[hkjonus]

Is this a dual piston design or single. where can i buy 1????

[chowdy64]

Amazing!

[sonofhendrix]

lol, don't tell the power company about this, you might disappear.

[jiripavelek]

Hi,nice video,there is a company in US which is making and building big parabolas with stirling engine and also supposed to build big power plants.I forgot the name though,mabe Stirling Technology Company or something if that sort.I calculated that 1ha of place would produce 15 times more energy than regular solar panel power plant.Maybe future solution???

[19marco82]

Hallo,

selbst gebaut?

[19marco82]

Hallo,

ist der Motor selbst gebaut und wenn ja wo bekommt man den Spiegel her.

Wie wäre es mit einem längeren Video das mehr Details zeigt?

[fuzzymonkey777]

Fine looking engine. How much does that parabolic mirror cost?