Cool Energy’s Low-Temperature Stirling Engine Recovers Waste Heat as Electricity
The SolarHeart®Engine is the new Stirling engine developed by Cool Energy that converts low-temperature (100oC to 300oC) heat energy to electrical power output ranging...
Solar Stirling Engine System Working in Colder and Darker Areas
Stirling engines become more and more used and promoted among alternative energy circles. The interesting fact with them is that they can be fueled by any source of heat, and the cleaner the source is, the better the stirling engine does to the environment.
Stirling Engine Generator by Dean Kamen Could Power Cable Installations
The Stirling engine generator Dean Kamen invented is small and quiet enough to be put just about anywhere, and is extremely efficient, running on a...
DIY Stirling Engine Boat Tutorial
There are many ways for building a stirling engine boat. You can either use a frame of square lumbers or fiber-reinforced plastic.
However, piling thick...
Build a Can Stirling Engine in 10 Easy Steps
Can stirling engines have fascinated me and not once was there will to put them into action, but no time.
Here's how you can build a...
How to Measure a Stirling Engine's Efficiency (video)
The next video shows a Stirling engine while working to achieve its best, powered by a 70W light bulb. The poster also shows how he measured various parameters of the engine, like speed, torque, input/output power.
The Stirling Engine (or hot air engine) Explained
1820, when steam engines operated everywhere, Robert Stirling, a Scottish vicar, and his brother James built a new engine. They used an outside burn,...
DIY Stirling Generator Goes to 1687 RPM
Stirling generators are rarely seen in the media, but they are actually one of the few options we have in turning raw heat to electricity.
Indeed,...
New Nuclear Reactor With a Stirling Engine Could Power Space Missions
A new reactor concept that combines Stirling engine with modern heat pipe cooling system might provide power to upcoming space missions. The invention was...
Six-Cylinder Stirling Engine Built by DIYer in His Garage
Stirling engines have been touted as a good alternative for current internal combustion engines, since they can be powered with mostly anything that burns...
