Stirling Engine

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           The Stirling Engine was developed in 1816 as an “industrial prime mover to rival the steam engine”.It was invented by Rev. Robert Stirling who searched to develop a new alternative to the steam engines of the time, “whose boilers often exploded due to the high pressure of the steam and the primitive materials. It was primarily used in low power domestic applications for an extended period of time. The Stirling Engine is well known for its high efficiency, quiet operation, and how easy this engine can use almost any heat source.

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          The Stirling Engine is considered a heat engine. It is operated by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas. The other gas is called a working fluid, which is a “pressurized gas or liquid that actuates a machines.”  The working fluid when working at different temperature levels such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.

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      The main key inside of a Stirling Engine is that there is a fixed amount of gas sealed inside of the engine and it involves a series of events that “change the pressure” of the gas inside the engine, making the Stirline Engine work.

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Sources

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine

 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/stirling-engine1.htm

 

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