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Large number of photo regarding this engine. Just go down to the middle of the page.

http://grcimagenet.grc.nasa.gov/share/s ... &TXTTITLE=

Whether your design turns into a running engine or not depends on if you have access to good machine tools. TriggerHappy. I think its a gamma, cos it has a displacer rather than 2 power pistons It is an alpha. He has another video that shows inside of the engine and you can see that it is an alpha. ...

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880002196_1988002196.pdf Here's the MOD II research paper. I had posted this link in our "links" area, but I have not seen the popular science report before. I wish that I could have driven that car. Would have been fun. Thanks. That'...

They even put that engine in a Dodge too.

NASA's Stirling engine prototype. Amazing. The larger engine delivers 170hp while the smaller one still put out a respectable 84hp. If they weren't filled with hydrogen, we all be driving Stirling cars now.

http://green.autoblog.com/photos/nasa-a ... s/#2132038

Ah. Got it. It is double acting alpha type and each piston is 90 degree out of phase with the next. What through me off is that they use a separate drum (looks like a cylinder) to house the regenerator and is being used as the cold exchanger.

http://books.google.com/books?id=RN4_jLbVO3YC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=mod+ii+stirling+auto&source=bl&ots=yKipWoT40f&sig=nqGb5aFu6I8fg1E9jv520SE8H24&hl=en&ei=1CN1TaCtK9G1twfCtK3tDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&a...

jimlarsen wrote:Here is a video of a Stirling engine with a bellows drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvxPJ2ypjP8

That must be the piston with the least friction.

Carnot wrote:This link has a 9kW Stirling, but it is designed for solar-power, and probably weighs a lot.

http://www.cleanergyindustries.com/index.html

I saw the motor in 2002 at the Hannover Messe (Trade Fair). A picture from the brochure
is attached.

Does anyone know about the size of the cylinders?

I'm not sure, is your mug enamalled steel? it's not unusual to use stainless mugs, and similar containers. A large test tube, or Pyrex beaker would be ok, but a porcilane mug thinned down may not stand the shock of heating and cooling, and moving back and forth at great speed. Ian S C I think he is...

Check this out. This implementation can pressurize the gas very high without pressurizing the system. It is a bit difficult to implement though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvtekHPzbUw

The thought of why stirling engines never reach the power of ICs has been bugging me for a long time. After all, ICs do running on 1 bar (except turbo/super charge). ICs has one big advantage that ECs can never dream of, in stirling term, the area of heat transfer surface is infinite. In order to in...

I did some calculations on the amount of heat that can be transferred into a system via a certain area size/thinness on certain material a while back. It should give you a good estimate of the max power of an external engine. I have misplaced the notes, and need to re-work it again. Contact area, th...

Yes. You are correct. But the page linked to is for 4130 ALLOY STEEL tubes. Don't know much how this type works as engine parts.