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March 16, 2012 @ 8:52 pm
I think I put Raymond on the spot. That’s okay Raymond, not everyone knows all the answers….just me sometimes….lol!
March 16, 2012 @ 8:14 pm
Raymond is busy lol
March 15, 2012 @ 11:46 pm
Lola–Raymond never did answer–lol!
March 15, 2012 @ 9:56 am
That makes at least four of us. Maybe it was just to see if he could do it …
March 15, 2012 @ 4:28 am
Me neither Lin
March 12, 2012 @ 2:41 am
I messed that up a little bit at the end there-but u get the general idea
March 15, 2012 @ 1:20 am
Thank you for looking it up. It just makes no since to me though.
March 12, 2012 @ 2:37 am
I Googled it so take it from here;
Alpha type Stirling engine. There are two cylinders. The expansion cylinder (red) is maintained at a high temperature while the compression cylinder (blue) is cooled. The passage between the two cylinders contains the regenerator.
Beta Type Stirling Engine. There is only one cylinder, hot at one end and cold at the other. A loose fitting displacer shunts the air between the hot and cold ends of the cylinder. A power piston at the end of the cylinder drives the flywheel.
A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas, the working fluid, at different temperature levels such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.[1][2]
Like the steam engine, the Stirling engine is traditionally classified as an external combustion engine, as all heat transfers to and from the working fluid take place through the engine wall. This contrasts with an internal combustion engine where heat input is by combustion of a fuel within the body of the working fluid. Unlike a steam engine’s (or more generally a Rankine cycle engine’s) usage of a working fluid in both its liquid and gaseous phases, the Stirling engine encloses a fixed quantity of permanently gaseous fluid such as air.
Typical of heat engines, the general cycle consists of compressing cool gas, heating the gas, expanding the hot gas, and finally cooling the gas before repeating the cycle. The efficiency of the process is narrowly restricted by the efficiency of the Carnot cycle, which depends on the temperature difference between the hot and cold reservoir.
Originally conceived in 1816 as an industrial prime mover to rival the steam engine, its practical use was largely confined to low-power domestic applications for over a century.[3]
The Stirling engine is noted for its high efficiency compared to steam engines,[4] quiet operation, and the ease with which it can use almost any heat source. This compatibility with alternative and renewable energy sources has become increasingly significant as the price of conventional fuels rises, and also in light of concerns such as peak oil and climate change. This engine is currently exciting interest as the core component of micro combined heat and power (CHP) units, in which it is more efficient and safer than a comparable steam engine.[5][6]
ed it –so take it from here–
March 11, 2012 @ 8:43 pm
I was thinking that it might play the CD, but all it did was make alot of noise, and accomplish nada! True, it’s clever, but I agree, what’s the point or purpose??
March 11, 2012 @ 1:51 pm
Okay, clever concept but what is the point?
March 11, 2012 @ 12:08 pm
Okay Raymond, help me out here. I’m not technically well versed…my first thought no matter what they titled it “Homemade Stirling Engine”, I thought it was a new fangled can opener, at least that’s what it looks like to me. What is a Stirling Engine? Is this for a car, me, well I would use it in place of my old can opener. Raymond where are you? Help!