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The Stirling engine was invented by Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling and patented by him in 1816.
It is an engine that gets it's power from the movement of heat energy from a hot place to a cold place. It consists of two cylinders, the first one is called the displacement cylinder and the second one is the power cylinder.
The displacement cylinder has two sections, a hot section and a cold section, the piston in the displacement cylinder is a loose fit so that air or gas can pass by when it is moving, the purpose of this piston is to move the air or gas from the hot section to the cold section and back to the hot section hence "displacing it".
Second is the power cylinder containing a double acting piston that is connected to a crankshaft fitted with a fly wheel.
When the displacing piston moves to the cold part of the cylinder, the largest volume of air or gas is in the hot part of the displacement cylinder, where it will heat up and expand to a higher volume and push the power piston outwards, when the displacement piston moves to the hot side of the cylinder the air or gas moves over to the cold side of the cylinder, where it will cool down and shrink to a smaller volume and form a vacuum that sucks the power piston in the opposite direction.
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Who invented stirling engine?
It was invented in 1816 by Rev. Robert Stirling of Scotland
What is maximum efficiency of stirling engine?
78%
What are the differene between stirling cycle and carnot cycle?
In Carnot & Stirling cycle there were 2 isothermal processes. but in Stirling engine other 2 processes are constant volume processes whereas in Carnot other 2 processes are isentropic processes. Stirling engine has low maintenance and easy to built because of there construction. Both cycle's efficiencies near to same. but operating according to there applications.
Explain how an acoustic stirling engine works?
Bob told me that the acoustic stirling engines run when you hum to them. No seriously, it's true since Bob told me it was.
How does' the MOD II stirling engine work?
Variable dead-space chambers that decreased in size with the throttle request. More throttle = less dead-space allowed in the engine. Other than that, it operated like any alpha-design stirling engine. See the link below for more information on the exact design.
