Title Page: Project: Stirling Engine
Title Page: Project: Stirling Engine
Title Page: Project: Stirling Engine
Introduction
Robert Stirling invented the first practical example of a closed cycle air
engine in 1816, and it was suggested by Fleeming Jenkin as early as
1884 that all such engines should therefore generically be called
Stirling engines. Like the steam engine, the Stirling engine is
traditionally classified as an external combustion engine, as all heat
transfers to and from the working fluid take place through a solid
boundary (heat exchanger) thus isolating the combustion process and
any contaminants it may produce from the working parts of the engine.
The engine is designed so the working gas is generally compressed in
the colder portion of the engine and expanded in the hotter portion
resulting in a net conversion of heat into work.
body
A burner filled with fuel heats the air inside a cylinder and thereby
purveys energy to the motor that activates through piecing of the
flywheels. The air in the closed operating cylinder is heated by the
flame, expands, and flows past the expulsion piston to the other side of
the cylinder, where it pushes the working piston towards the outside.
Since the expulsion piston is now connected to the rotating flywheel it
now moves back, letting the air behind the expulsion piston cool to
create a vacuum.
This vacuum ensures that the working piston gets sucked back. The
process then repeats from the beginning and the machine works.
appendix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine#Theory
http://www.boehm-stirling.com/en/interesting-facts.html
steps
Step 1: Auxiliary Cylinder
Step 9: Holder