Posted by Morris Dovey on August 23, 2006, 4:28 pm
Well, I think it's a stirling engine. It has no moving parts other
than air and water - and I plan to power it with heat from a parabolic
trough. There're drawings at the web page linked in my sig.
Comments, suggestions, and explanations of why this thing works will
be most welcome!
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/StirlingProject.html
Posted by Duane C. Johnson on August 23, 2006, 5:48 pm
Hi Morris;
> Well, I think it's a Stirling engine. It has no
> moving parts other than air and water - and I plan
> to power it with heat from a parabolic trough.
> There're drawings at the web page linked in my sig.
> Comments, suggestions, and explanations of why
> this thing works will be most welcome!
You have got to read a book:
Liquid Piston Stirling Engines
Colin West
Pub 1983, Van Nostrand Reinhold
ISBN 0-442-29237-6
What you have described is exactly explained by
Colin West.
I made one of these maybe 20 years ago or so.
Mine was made from a drilled Lucite block just as
described in the book. It was electrically heated
with an electrical resistor. It ran on my desk for
several years. Neat huh!
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/StirlingProject.html
Duane
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Posted by Morris Dovey on August 23, 2006, 5:50 pm
Duane C. Johnson (in 44ECCD37.3020508@redrok.com) said:
|
| > Well, I think it's a Stirling engine. It has no
| > moving parts other than air and water - and I plan
| > to power it with heat from a parabolic trough.
| > There're drawings at the web page linked in my sig.
|
| > Comments, suggestions, and explanations of why
| > this thing works will be most welcome!
|
| You have got to read a book:
| Liquid Piston Stirling Engines
| Colin West
| Pub 1983, Van Nostrand Reinhold
| ISBN 0-442-29237-6
|
| What you have described is exactly explained by
| Colin West.
|
| I made one of these maybe 20 years ago or so.
| Mine was made from a drilled Lucite block just as
| described in the book. It was electrically heated
| with an electrical resistor. It ran on my desk for
| several years. Neat huh!
Duane...
Fantastic! This thing has been driving me crazy %-]
I've scheduled a trip to the library.
Thanks (again!)
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
Posted by SJC on August 23, 2006, 8:37 pm
Let your fingers do the walking online:
Liquid piston Stirling engines (Industrial Engineering) (Hardcover)
by C. D West
(Amazon.com product link shortened)
Product Details
a.. Hardcover: 152 pages
b.. Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold (1983)
c.. Language: English
d.. ISBN: 0442292376
e.. Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.6 x 9.3 inches
f.. Shipping Weight: 1.00 pounds
> Duane C. Johnson (in 44ECCD37.3020508@redrok.com) said:
> |
> | > Well, I think it's a Stirling engine. It has no
> | > moving parts other than air and water - and I plan
> | > to power it with heat from a parabolic trough.
> | > There're drawings at the web page linked in my sig.
> |
> | > Comments, suggestions, and explanations of why
> | > this thing works will be most welcome!
> |
> | You have got to read a book:
> | Liquid Piston Stirling Engines
> | Colin West
> | Pub 1983, Van Nostrand Reinhold
> | ISBN 0-442-29237-6
> |
> | What you have described is exactly explained by
> | Colin West.
> |
> | I made one of these maybe 20 years ago or so.
> | Mine was made from a drilled Lucite block just as
> | described in the book. It was electrically heated
> | with an electrical resistor. It ran on my desk for
> | several years. Neat huh!
> Duane...
> Fantastic! This thing has been driving me crazy %-]
> I've scheduled a trip to the library.
> Thanks (again!)
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>
Posted by Morris Dovey on August 24, 2006, 12:53 am
SJC (in 4x6Hg.4389$0J6.2660@trnddc02) said:
| Let your fingers do the walking online:
|
| Liquid piston Stirling engines (Industrial Engineering) (Hardcover)
| by C. D West
|
|
(Amazon.com product link shortened)
47961?ie=UTF8
|
| Product Details
|
| a.. Hardcover: 152 pages
| b.. Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold (1983)
| c.. Language: English
| d.. ISBN: 0442292376
| e.. Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.6 x 9.3 inches
| f.. Shipping Weight: 1.00 pounds
At a hundred bucks a copy, I think I'll go to the library instead -
and spend the difference on prototyping materials.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
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> |
> | > Well, I think it's a Stirling engine. It has no
> | > moving parts other than air and water - and I plan
> | > to power it with heat from a parabolic trough.
> | > There're drawings at the web page linked in my sig.
> |
> | > Comments, suggestions, and explanations of why
> | > this thing works will be most welcome!
> |
> | You have got to read a book:
> | Liquid Piston Stirling Engines
> | Colin West
> | Pub 1983, Van Nostrand Reinhold
> | ISBN 0-442-29237-6
> |
> | What you have described is exactly explained by
> | Colin West.
> |
> | I made one of these maybe 20 years ago or so.
> | Mine was made from a drilled Lucite block just as
> | described in the book. It was electrically heated
> | with an electrical resistor. It ran on my desk for
> | several years. Neat huh!
> Duane...
> Fantastic! This thing has been driving me crazy %-]
> I've scheduled a trip to the library.
> Thanks (again!)
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
>