Megan's Stirling Engine

A video of a stirling engine, running for 6 minutes and 58 seconds!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Megan's
• Stirling
• Engine

[popupwool]

What's the heat source?

[mamccarthy]

a small candle below the engine

[pietilidie]

now all you need is a laser beam and you got yourself a cd player! LETS BOOGIE!

[johhnyboygomez]

hahahaha.. possibly the funniest post ive seen on youtube.

[adenubbila]

what is the gold metal thing called??

[piespokladowy]

*****

[KaylinJH]

i wish i could find a decent how to video when it comes to a sterling engine :( Id love to make one

[liljohnnotbigjohn]

/win :D good job :D

[raguramangvignesh]

Beautiful one

[bkibbeeg]

I know it's old, but that is FABULOUS! Possibly the best coat hanger crankshaft I have ever seen. My friends call me McGyver, but I bow at your feet o great one.

[helliviknow]

@kramedawg3114 when the displacer moves up, the cool air from the top is forced to the bottom and warmed by the flame creating positive pressure pushing the piston/balloon up. when the displacers moves back down the warm air is forced to move up and then cools creating a vacuum and pulls back. This simply repeats

[helliviknow]

@kramedawg3114 the displacer would be moved up and down via the rod in the middle. The balloon is used in place of a tradition piston. it can be tricky to come up with a piston to fit an exact chambe size without being to snug or loose. The trick with these engines is to not have leaks. What you seeing is the ballon/piston inflating slightly pushing the rod up on the heat cycle, then pull back during the cool cycle.

[vekteius]

what's the brown stuff?

[cinndave]

@arg13415 Probably an epoxy or caulk. It won't work unless the inside is airtight.