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Microgen Free Piston Stirling Engine

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  • 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!

  • 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"

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  • nice

  • interesting...

  • what's used for cooling?

  • @saladdogger

    I thought Ringbom developed the first free piston stirling engine

  • GREAT ANIMATION

  • 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

  • Was this not developed in the uk by british gas?

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

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