Interesting LTD stirling engine prototype VERSION II

This is the MkII with an epoxy piston. The displacer movement is still achieved magnetically and the leakage problem is sorted.

Hoping to make a MkIII which uses a displacer driven both upwards and downwards magnetically. (The speed of this one is limited because gravity is used to move the displacer downwards).

Suggestions welcome!

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Science & Technology

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• LTD
• stirling
• engine

[mrcss]

What song? Also thats pretty cool stirling

[mowerofdoom]

Thanks! Music is copyright free stuff from Youtube - my original mp3 soundtrack was rumbled by the Youtube Copyright Engine. :-(

[JoeNieroski]

Excellent concept! How about more video from other angles so as to view the profile? Great idea using a motor as a generator with the counterbalance beam in place of a regular flywheel. Looking forward to seeing more.

[PyroEvil]

Did you try some test with a mix of Epoxy and graphite powder for your power piston ? To have less friction ( a graphite property ). I make some mix ration test between epoxy and graphite ( 2:1 , 1:1 and 1:2 by volume). It's seem to not altering the property of epoxy with all test a did and friction look like to be less.

[camsoju]

what made of????? detail explanation plz/..

[1crazyfocker]

that is a great idea trying it that way, my hats off to you

[SWINGREGORY]

VERY COOL

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[mowerofdoom]

I agree that using rotation to link displacer to piston does not give the perfect cycle. This was the basis of my thoughts for creating VersionI of this engine (the diaplacer snaps up and down [at low speed]).

Using a magnetic 'hill' would halve the forces and it would also be necessary to attract the displacer back up (or repel it back up from its underside) - which is possible .........