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...

the Stirling engine range from mechanical propulsion to heating and cooling to electrical generation systems. A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating...

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...

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...

The Stirling cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling devices. This includes the original Stirling engine that was invented...

generator systems like existing thermocouple based systems, or a proposed Stirling engine used in ASRG prototype. SoundEnergy developed the THEAC system that...

The Stirling engine has the highest theoretical efficiency of any thermal engine but it has a low output power to weight ratio, therefore Stirling engines...

combustion engine, used extensively in motor vehicles; the steam engine, the mainstay of the Industrial Revolution; and the Stirling engine for niche applications...

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...

liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled engines are gaining recognition for their low emissions and cost advantages. Stirling engines, which are quieter, smoother...

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...

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...

see and travel behind, real engines." ― Sir Charles Topham Hatt II/The Fat Controller, Little Western, Enterprising Engines The Skarloey Railway (SR) is...

Ericsson) Stirling cycle (Stirling engine, thermoacoustic devices) Internal combustion engine (ICE): Otto cycle (e.g. gasoline/petrol engine) Diesel cycle...

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...

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...

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...

However, Rev. Robert Stirling had invented the same device, prior to Ericsson, so the invention is credited to Stirling. Stirling called it an "economiser"...

needed] Kockums also delivered Stirling engines to Japan. Ten Japanese submarines were equipped with Stirling engines. The first submarine in the class...

cases, the Stirling engine may be suitable for local fabrication, eliminating the difficulty of importing equipment. One form of Stirling engine is the fluidyne...

steam and internal combustion engines, virtually no serious development work had been carried out on the Stirling engine for many years and asserted that...

factorials Stirling number Stirling permutation Stirling cycle, a thermodynamic cycle for Stirling devices. Stirling engine, a type of heat engine. See also...

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...

in Sweden. They are the first submarines in the world to feature a Stirling engine air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, which extends their underwater...

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...

2010, Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar commissioned the first demonstration 1.5-megawatt power plant ("Maricopa Solar") using Stirling technology...

A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. The...

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...

A Fluidyne engine is an alpha or gamma type Stirling engine with one or more liquid pistons. It contains a working gas (often air), and either two liquid...

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...