A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic expansion and contraction of air or other gas (the working fluid) by exposing it to different...
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the Stirling engine range from mechanical propulsion to heating and cooling to electrical generation systems. A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating...
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A solar powered Stirling engine is a heat engine powered by a temperature gradient generated by the sun. Even though Stirling engines can run with a small...
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Gas is used in a Stirling engine. Single-phase liquid may sometimes be used.[clarification needed] Dual-phase external combustion engines use a phase transition...
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turbine, and the Stirling cycle engine). Each of these engines has thermal efficiency characteristics that are unique to it. Engine efficiency, transmission...
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generator systems like existing thermocouple based systems, or a proposed Stirling engine used in ASRG prototype. SoundEnergy developed the THEAC system that...
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Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish...
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The Stirling cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling devices. This includes the original Stirling engine that was invented...
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combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles; the steam engine, the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution; and the Stirling engine for niche applications...
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Marine propulsion (redirect from Marine diesel engine)
liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled engines are gaining recognition for their low emissions and cost advantages. Stirling engines, which are quieter, smoother...
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List of Thomas & Friends characters (redirect from Emily the Stirling Engine)
television series Thomas & Friends and the reboot series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go. In the sixth series, a new set of characters was introduced called...
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List of characters in The Railway Series (redirect from Emily The Stirling Engine)
see and travel behind, real engines." — Sir Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller, Little Western, Enterprising Engines The Skarloey Railway (SR) is...
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Ericsson) Stirling cycle (Stirling engine, thermoacoustic devices) Internal combustion engine (ICE): Otto cycle (e.g. gasoline/petrol engine) Diesel cycle...
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heat engine. They use the Stirling thermodynamic cycle to convert heat into work. An example is the alpha type Stirling engine, whereby gas flows, via a...
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AMC Spirit (section Stirling experimental engines)
the world by Stirling engine: environmentally friendly Stirling engines, their applications worldwide and into space. American Stirling. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-9713918-0-2...
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of Stirling's engine and should be present in any air engine that is properly called a Stirling engine. Stirling patented a second hot air engine, together...
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Philips (section Stirling engine)
steam and internal combustion engines, virtually no serious development work had been carried out on the Stirling engine for many years and asserted that...
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The Short Stirling was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It has the distinction of being the first four-engined bomber to be...
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A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. The...
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Solar-powered pump (section Stirling engine)
cases, the Stirling engine may be suitable for local fabrication, eliminating the difficulty of importing equipment. One form of Stirling engine is the fluidyne...
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needed] Kockums also delivered Stirling engines to Japan. Ten Japanese submarines were equipped with Stirling engines. The first submarine in the class...
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factorials Stirling number Stirling permutation Stirling cycle, a thermodynamic cycle for Stirling devices. Stirling engine, a type of heat engine. See also...
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Schmidt number (section Stirling engines)
for the now-famous closed-form solution for an idealized isothermal Stirling engine model. S c = ∑ | Q | p ¯ V s w {\displaystyle \mathrm {Sc} ={\frac...
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Ericsson cycle (redirect from Ericsson cycle engine)
However, Rev. Robert Stirling had invented the same device, prior to Ericsson, so the invention is credited to Stirling. Stirling called it an "economiser"...
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in Sweden. They are the first submarines in the world to feature a Stirling engine air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, which extends their underwater...
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the purpose of heating and pressurizing the aircraft cabin. The Stirling cycle heat engine can be driven in reverse, using a mechanical energy input to drive...
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Economizer (section Stirling engine)
of the Stirling engine enough to make it commercially successful in particular applications, and has since been a component of every air engine that is...
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Solar thermal energy (redirect from Dish stirling)
2010, Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar commissioned the first demonstration 1.5-megawatt power plant ("Maricopa Solar") using Stirling technology...
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nitrogen consumption is in essence production in reverse. The Stirling engine or cryogenic heat engine offers a way to power vehicles and a means to generate...
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Manson engines and beta Stirling engines, can run bidirectionally. Manson-Guise engines share some similarities with Stirling engines but with two major differences...
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