Sterling cycle engine?
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 at 16:13
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Member - iMusty(VIC)
Steam engine spit seems V. difficult to make so I've been advised to make a Sterling Cycle Engine.
Problem is... I've never heard of one!
What are they? How do they work?
Any ideas?
The goal is to make a spit that turns using only the energy created by the campfire.
Reply By: drivesafe - Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 at 19:08
Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 at 19:08
Hi iMusty, I don’t quite get what your posting is about, but I looked into Sterling engines many years ago, before the internet was about and there was a fair bit of info around then.
The principals of the engine have been around for about 150 years but there are not to many production models about.
The best thing about the engines is that they can be designed to run on anything that will produce heat, from solar reflectors to any form of fuel.
And I mean from timber fires to hydrogen or even high tech racing fuel, if you wanted to.
As posted above, do a net search and keep us informed on what you come up with.
By the way, just because the engine was invented so long ago has little relevance with the way it could very easily be put to effective use today. Look into it and I would be surprised if you are not as interested in it as many other people are.
Cheer
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