Twin Cylinder Engine Running on ice - Gyroscope.com

This is a new twin cylinder model of the popular precision single cylinder Stirling engines. They superbly made and a delight to watch. A modified scotch yoke links the mechanisms of the two cylinders which is mesmerising when in action. The engine can run from just a small difference in temperature between the top and bottom plates. It can run from the heat from your hand or from the heat when placed on a warm cup of tea/coffee.

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• ice
• not
• steam
• or
• heat
• cycle
• air

[Dubconferencedotorg]

hmmh .. just bad that in nature it is not usual, that you have a room temperature on ice ;)

[gyroscopes]

@Dubconferencedotorg It also runs from the heat of your hand. Hands are quite common in nature ;-)

[Chihang256]

why does engine always has to produce sound...unwanted energy...

[gyroscopes]

@Chihang256 My best guess would be that this produce 0.00000001 watts of sounds energy. Many orders of magnitude difference from the power it can produce.

[kajetan88]

In stirling engine you put heat on the bottom, but in this case ice should be on top because its not ice that provides the energy, but the air around.

[gyroscopes]

@kajetan88 You can put the heat/cold on the bottom or top. It runs backwards when you switch the hot side around.

[gyroscopes]

clue is in the title

[scott93257]

@Chihang256

Because all engines have moving parts...Moving parts make noise...It 's the law of mechanical physics...study it

[scott93257]

Larger scale that could go in some futuristic cars... With gas prices the way they are... Put the output shaft to some sort of gear reduction system..(transmission)...It would be cool.... refill the tank with a bag of ice from the corner handy mart...

Clever idea?

[JorrieboyL]

@OSCAR7893 No, this is because the air provides the energy because the surrounding air is hotter than the ice. On Antartica the air and the ice have the same temperature, so it would not work on Antartica.

[DrDrdreydrey]

@OSCAR7893 it relies on a diference in temprature between the top an botom plates, so if you took it to antartica becuase the air is as cold as the the ice you would need to warm the top plate to keep it running.

[TheKaos90]

@gyroscopes So you mean this can "suck" the heat from an overheated engine ? And maybe reuse it as another form of energy ?

[MsLucas099]

cool