Assisted LTD stirling idea ? ?

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Crazyguy
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Assisted LTD stirling idea ? ?

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Idea
One LTD gamma running from solar drives the flywheel of a second LTD gamma stirling which acts in reverse as a heat pump to further cool one of the first engines surfaces, thus assisting the temperature differential of the first engine?
Work?
Ian S C
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Re: Assisted LTD stirling idea ? ?

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Theory yes, practice no, I think you would end up with about zero power out put, as (if) you can drive the cryocooler that will take all the power a LTD motor could produce. A motor designed to run on solar is not really an LTD motor, I,v run some of my high temp motors from solar, and managed on a good day to get more power from them than with the LPG burner. One motor, heated by a large freznel lens actually had a line etched across the hot cap by the heat of the sun through the lens.
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Alfista
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Martini's Stirling Cycle Amplifying Machine

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I agree with Ian.

But I would like to mention the brilliant Stirling engine designer William Martini built a device known as the Stirling Cycle Amplifying Machine (1968). It was a very succesful design where the displacer was run from a discreet power source. It is not the same as what you suggest Crazyguy but it is not very much different.
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Re: Assisted LTD stirling idea ? ?

Post by Ian S C »

By driving the displacer with an electric motor you can regulate the speed of the motor, but my idea of a Stirling Engine is that it should be self contained.
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