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by gui_amuchastegui
Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:14 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?
Replies: 5
Views: 4796

Re: Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?

Ian,

Thanks for the answer.
I didn't understand what is a "fairly long Heylandt Crown on the hot piston"? Do you have any picture of that?
Do you have a drawing of your engine? I would like to understand better the path of the fluir during its operation.

Best regards
by gui_amuchastegui
Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:44 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?
Replies: 5
Views: 4796

Re: Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?

Nice one Ian S C, congratulation for your job.
I tried to design a Ross Yoke, but I wasn't able.
Dou you see benefits over the "regular" crank shaft?
What about your regenerator? How it is look like?
I am going to heat using a torch.
by gui_amuchastegui
Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?
Replies: 5
Views: 4796

Alpha Stirling Design - What dou you thing?

Hello,
What do you thing about the design of the alpha stirling engine that I am doing (see attached file)?

My main question, are about the heater, regenerator and cooler.
Do you have any comments and suggestion? Can I improve this design?

Best regards,

José Guilherme
by gui_amuchastegui
Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:29 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: CFD - Alpha Stirling Engine
Replies: 0
Views: 26667

CFD - Alpha Stirling Engine

Hello, Does anyone has experience on CFD simulation of an alpha stirling engine? I am trying to simulate the engine using Fluent software from Ansys, but I am struggling with some topics: - How to simulate a closed loop system? - How to consider the change in the volume of the piston? Best regards, ...
by gui_amuchastegui
Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Commercially Available Stirling engine
Replies: 4
Views: 4767

Re: Commercially Available Stirling engine

Hello Luiscc, Here is a list of company that I found: QENERGY – USA Salt Lake City www.qnergy.com OKOFEN – Austria (Free Piston Stirling Engine – 1KW) www.okofen-e.com GENOA – Italy (Alpha Stirling – 3KW) www.genoastirling.com QALOVIS – Germany (38KW) www.qalovis.com INRESOL – Sweden (Gama Stirling ...
by gui_amuchastegui
Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:36 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Converting Compressor to an Alpha Stirling Engine
Replies: 26
Views: 15379

Re: Converting Compressor to an Alpha Stirling Engine

We opened the compressor, and here is what we found: Figure 6 - compressor head The image above shows the 2 existents valves in the compressor head, that is useful for its works. • Valves 1 allows the air flows inside the cylinder. • Vales 2 allows the air flows outside the cylinder. Considering tha...
by gui_amuchastegui
Sun Feb 25, 2018 12:12 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: Converting Compressor to an Alpha Stirling Engine
Replies: 26
Views: 15379

Converting Compressor to an Alpha Stirling Engine

I bought a used twin cylinder to convert it into an Alpha Stirling Engine: Figure 1 - whole compressor assembly I removed the air intake filter of the both cylinder tapping the whole with a plug, and also installed a copper tube between the 02 air exit, as shown below: Figura 2 - details of the modi...