SOLAR STIRLING ENGINE ALPHA STIRLING idea High Torque DIY OFF THE SHELF STEAM ENGINE MOTOR
by admin on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 | 25 Comments
www.greenpowerscience.com This 100 watt + Stirling Engine is the only Stirling I have ever tested that would take a finger off without a thought. IT IS NOT A TOY! This engine sounds like a gas weed eater. It destroys the false myth that STIRLING ENGINES have very little torque. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL engine.
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I think I can see where this can go; make an automated device that adjusts the lens according to the position of the sun
hook it up to a dynamo and lets see if it makes any useable energy.
@YouTheory that would be highly unlikely, for ac current it would have to run at exactly 3500 (or something like that) rpms, which would be near impossible to keep steady. not to mention that im pretty sure that a stirling could not put out enough torque to turn a generator under load. have you ever seen/heard a small gas generator when you turn on the device plugged in? it bogs right down, then picks up, but not nearly as high rpm as it ran without any load on the generator. just speculating…
Maybe use a Solar Vacuum Tube?..for those of us who live in Washington State?? Set it up so the Vacuum Tubes make hot water and also power this to generate electricity?
Is there any combination of using solar generated sterling engine AND alternately wind power generation to generate usable home electricity. Usually in my area when the wind blows it is cloudy, when not it is sunny (duh) and so the Sterling might be able to turn the generator used for the wind under some circumstances.
were did you but that engine?
@TahreyUK 100 watt PV is 1/4 the overall price and no moving parts.
ah, fully mechanical solar power without expensive solar panels… interesting idea
but how much does it cost to make one vs the price of 100w of solar?
I always like your videos, even the ones that don’t work out. However, this demonstration was pretty convincing. Thanks!
Pie in sky and/or pipe dream and engineering madhouse, but thermally linking the cold side cylinder to a heat sink, like a water pool, would increase the efficiency of the heat engine. The water pool could the serve as the heat source for a heat pump. Get a bonus use of the heat, and a cooling effect for the heat sink. Opportunity to show a thermal syphon? Not at all practical for this scale except for demonstrations, but efficiencies for multiple cylinder engines might increase.
Good night, Dan,
this engine is for sale? Where can I buy?
For a survival idea, you can set this up for use as Fire Place & Solar Engine to spin and operate a Crank Shaft Electric generator. So in day time you can use the sun and in rainy or nights you can use the fire to generate electricity for you log cabin or in a emergency time. Wish some one could built such things and sell them to power your home.
You can use Silver plated conductors for best heat transfer and using more dishes to focus on the conductor would give more power.
Hi Dan, this is very impressive, are the engines available to purchase? Can you talk us through how it works a little, it looks very tidy and simple, i live in a cabin in the mountains in the French Alps (without grid power), at the moment we have wood and solar electric, we also have gas bottles for cooking. I am coming to California between the 12′th oct and 12dec would be cool to meet up, perhaps you would like some help with some filming or some projects?
James
Wow, this Stirling has a very high rpm. Sounds like several thousand rpm.
Speaking of sound: why in the hell is it making so much noise? is the piston slamming against the head?
It looks like a Beta Stirling, but I can only assume.
Why not drive a tool or generator to make it useful?
By the way: Your title is wrong. This is a Stirling Engine, not a Stirling steam engine. There’s no water needed, thus no steam. The title makes it appear you’re not knowledgeable about Stirling engines.
A solar tracking device and a Presto Wind(TM) Model M-24 Dual Output Design Part 3 would pump out a lot of juice.
That engine looks wonderful, where did you get it Dan, I would want to buy it.
@microbrain1 yeah,when ice is available on the ground for free in winter, be great to see that working too.
@SeeTheWholeTruth
Why dont you just check his website?
@SeeTheWholeTruth true, I dunno, but just from researching around I can say that this is very promising technology. External combustion (especially without phase change, as seen here) is very fuel-flexible, and at least slightly more thermally efficient than any form of internal combustion. Ideally, at least.
i think ideas like these are the future.. and the death of the elites global grip on mankind
thanks to the net.. ideas merge alot faster creating a simple way of doing things that seemed impossible to think up before the mass mind..
only thing they can do is shut down the internet..or censor it to next to nothing..
but by then im sure man will have thought up a way to network the planet with out the internet as we know it …. for free…
creo que este motor debe de tener una considerable fuerza mecánica ademas de tener muy buenas revoluciones los vendes o los promueves ya que nosotros estos buscando integrar un motor estos para nuestros generadores
nuestros generadores sienes la facilidad de trabajar con muy poca fuerza mecánica mi correo es ilumina33@hotmail.com saludos y buen trabajo
Ok, so, its all good if its green, but you dont mention where that particular motor comes from, how it is designed, if its for purchase,.. Are you dead? Are you trying to cash in on it? I mean whats the word Mate? All these comments asking about THIS particular one, and you got nada for answers? I wouldnt mess with the one on your webpage, but this one I will drop money for, so, where is it? Or whats the story?
Would it have worked better if he for example placed a canister of liquid nitrogen on the cooling part? Just a random question
hints to free engery , 1 runtime must be greater than charge time 2 u need at least 2 power sources the main needs to be 1000 amphrs