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- Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:11 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Diaphragm vs. Piston.....
- Replies: 6
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Diaphragm vs. Piston.....
....is there any clear consensus about the respective advantages and disadvantages? Diaphragms sound much easier to build than a low friction piston, but does the springiness introduced outweigh this?
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:02 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Why are you interested in Stirling engines? (Or why are you here?)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10031
Re: Why are you interested in Stirling engines? (Or why are you here?)
The reason that I'm here is that I've got more heat than I know what to do with. My thing is biochar, and I've got lots of surplus heat from the burners... why wouldn't I want to find out more about small Stirlings, and maybe at a later stage, thermoelectric generators? The vision is to have somethi...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:02 pm
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: New Members PLEASE read! - OR, having problems registering, being deactivated
- Replies: 511
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Re: "Hi...We are new here!" First posts here (or anywhere is OK)
Hi, I'm new here... except that I'm not. I've registered about 3 years ago, but such is the state of my memory that I'd completely forgotten about it. I'm in the UK, my main interest at the moment is charcoal making stoves, so I've more heat than I know what to do with. And that's why I'm here. The ...