Big stirling engine on wood stove

Stirling engine running in my cottage.

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[r43007]

can  you sale?

[24max]

@r43007 yes I can, 3000€. but there is much to do to get reliable power out of it.

[ciabrenn]

how do I build one, where do I get plans????

[24max]

@ciabrenn Sorry, plans are only in my thick head. Not goodenough to copy yet.

[jjmqwerty]

this has to be one of the best running hot air engines on the net.. andrew ross built a stove top engine twenty years ago but i think this one runs faster

[24max]

@jjmqwerty Thanks, but I think that Ross engines are far better than mine and

there are better ones on the net.

[sammorgan3]

Funny that I never see much active cooling of the cold side on stirlings... Larger temperature differential = more power.

[OftenRatherAmused]

@yerstalwartpro Thermodynamically speaking, no, but seeing as you're adding heat to the room anyways I don't think using the outside cold as your sink would lower temperatures noticeably at all if you did it well. Maybe you could make up for an inefficiency the house already has such as using a poorly insulated cold wall or entryway as your heat sink for regenerative warming of the house. Just be careful you don't just stick one end in the wall, you may present a fire hazard! :)

[vaneztax]

Good demo but the engine doesn't perform any work. I would attach a dynamo to generate electricity.

[lmojzis92]

You could use the stirling engine to pump air to the stove... :)

[yerstalwartpro]

Hey, arctic non-physicist here - if it's like -40 outside of your cabin, could you use that in any way to increase the temperature differential without cooling the room?

[GroovyGuitar02]

@sammorgan3 yeah but i think ice + hot stove = iron breaking , and if not , at least , rust .

[Naghelfar1]

you should make a .pdf file with some plans! this is one of the greater ones i have seen on the net. Cheers

[Dabeweegthiere]

I am looking to buy one of these but i can't find a shop where they sell 'big' ones , only toy demonstration models ..Anybody got an idea where to find it ? Or find plans to make one yaarseelf ? Im only looking for models this size or biggers , so it can have some tools hooked up to.

Thanks in advance .

G

[grasswine]

This is soo great. Thanks.

[crapthisisalongusern]

Impressive, gas powered?