My home made stirling engine LTD runing on sun light

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2007

It will run on your hand and will run on sun light. On boiling water it runs at about 500 rpm on hand it runs about 30rpm

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  • Hi katieswan1234567,

    That is a very nice piece of work.

    I am in the process of building a low-budget LTD Stirling engine myself, not in the ballpark that You operate in.

    Would You be kind and give Your take on the thickness of the displacer, related to displacement cylinder in percent?

    I have seen the value of 65%, but it appears that quite a few builders rather go lower, maybe even down to 50%.

    Thank You in advance.

    Regs.

  • Me again - I forgot to ask, is that a regenerator, that can be seen through the window on top?

    Once again, great job.

    Regs

  • yes it is. around the displacer it has x6 1 1/4in holes evenly spaced around the out side if any questions please ask

  • i dont know percentages the displacer is 6 3/32 inch 5/16 thick.the cylinder is 5/8 id cylinder height 1 3/8 in this motor was designed to run on yery low temp dif but on boiling water it was tested 371rpm

  • I think this is my favorite LTD on You Tube:O) Great job!!! I think I'll install a window on the LTD that I'm building. Thanks for the inspiration!

  • thanks for your feed back let me know if u need help on your new build happy t help

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  • Great

  • its sitting on a black mat, the hot side is the bottom.

  • Lovely engine. if the top were not so shiny it would probably absorb a lot more heat from the sun.

  • As I read it - The displacer is 5/16 in thick and the displacer cylinder is 10/16 in thick, which relates to 50%.

    Looks like it too in the video, so thank You for Your readily answers. Appreciated.

    Regs.

  • Very nicely made

    I wish my practical engineering was so well made

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