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Re: Stirlings that are not toys

--- In warmairmotors@yahoogroups.com, RJM <gandsnut@...> wrote:
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> For example, the "3rd world" that lives in squalor and struggles
> to exist will not benefit from one $500K cutting edge Stirling,
> as much as they would from a thousand $500 DIY Stirling engines,
> pumping water, even more importantly, generating electricity.
>
>

see: http://www.stirlingenergy.com/




Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:46 pm

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Joe can you tell me on a solar powered heat engine what comparative size should the displacer cylinder be to the power cylinder? thx....
Joe
mgbgt2
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Jun 20, 2009
12:09 am

it should be just the right size. Which makes about as much sense as your question! How big an engine. Provide as much information as possible so that a...
stanhbaker
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Jun 20, 2009
6:50 pm

Wow. What a response! If I were a guessing man, I would guess the question regards percentages and that is what was implied by the word "comparative." I...
DSH
handyil
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Jun 20, 2009
7:45 pm

Whhs1994: As usual 'It all depends'on the type of engine, etc. There is NO One Size Fits All type of answer to the O.P.Question. I have one with a 8" D....
stanhbaker
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Jun 21, 2009
2:30 am

Has anybody built or know of an operating Stirling that actually does significant work, and is not pre-1900? Or, where plans might be for a scaled-up Stirling...
RJM
a_wm_gands
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Jun 21, 2009
10:24 am

... I've seen some large Stirlings at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany: http://tinyurl.com/mh3vqn Follow the links to a 0.3KW generator from 1952 and...
a3sigma
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Jun 21, 2009
12:10 pm

Thanks for the info A3Sigma! ====================== I've seen some large Stirlings at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany: http://tinyurl.com/mh3vqn ...
RJM
a_wm_gands
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Jun 21, 2009
9:01 pm

There are many Stirlings out there doing real work. The ones that come to mind for me are used as coolers for liquid Helium in the electro magnets for medical...
Robert Paynter
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Jun 21, 2009
10:39 pm

Robert: True. However, for those of us who could apply a DIY (Do It Yourself) Stirling to a work application, we don't have the resources for exotic machining...
RJM
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Jun 21, 2009
11:17 pm

... see: http://www.stirlingenergy.com/...
a3sigma
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Jun 22, 2009
1:47 pm

Hi guys, This is my first post. I joined this group to ask the question addressed in this thread and specifically in RJM's post below. I belong to a group...
oldsagebrush
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Oct 20, 2009
11:37 am

Wow Stan, if the question pisses you off, you don't really need to answer ! I think the guy is looking for a ratio. Have Fun Michale...
Michael
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Jun 21, 2009
2:53 am

Thx for the replies and yes a ratio was what I was looking for.Just a ballpark figure for a place to start.  I saw one several yrs. ago but can't find it...
Joe Belcher
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