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Do you know about Stirling Engines?
The Stirling engine was invented in 1816, before the gasoline and Diesel engines. A Stirling engine can use any
type of fuel, as well as solar energy and hot spring heat.
This web site offers Stirling engine information.
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This page is under construction 5 December 95.
Stirling engines for beginners
The Stirling engine's structure and history are examined in this session.
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View of model Stirling engines
In this session, I am introducing some model Stirling engines.
Let's build model Stirling engines
On this page I offer plans for some easy to build Stirling engines.
Gallery of Stirling engines
On this page I offer pictures of many types of Stirling engines.
Other Stirling engine web sites
Links to other Stirling engine web sites.
Stirling Engine Home Page Academic edition
This web site offers academic information for the Stirling engine.
Information about the Author
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Stirling Engine Q&A
If you have any questions, opinions or comments about Stirling engines, please come here.
INFORMATION OF 12th ISEC
12th International Stirling Engine Conference
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7-9 September 2005
Durham University, School of Engineering, UK
The 12th ISEC Official Web Site
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Elementary Knowledge of Metal Workings
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Stirling Engines for Beginners
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Today we have ecology problems and energy problems. The world needs a clean and environmental
power source. Stirling engines are able to use many kinds of fuel and achieve a high theoretical
efficiency.
How does a Stirling engine work?
Structure of Stirling engines
History of Stirling engines
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History of Stirling Engines No.1
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The Stirling engine was invented by Robert Stirling in 1816. He was a Scottish minister. At that time,
Stirling engines were recognized as a safe engine that could not explode like steam engines of that era
often did.
Stirling Engine of Robert Stirling (1816)
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Since then, many kind of Stirling engines were manufactured with a view to increasing the output and
the efficiency. But the engine had been made a poor production, in the back of Otto engine and Diesel
engine. Because Otto engine invented by N. Otto on 1877 and Diesel engine invented by R. Diesel on
1893 were higher capacity than Stirling engine in those days.
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Stirling Engine in the early days
I took this picture in 6th International Stirling Engine
Conference, Eindhoven (the Netherlands) on 1993.
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Stirling Engine was taken notice again, when PHILIPS Corporation started to research on Stirling engine
as the power source of portable generator in about 1940. A 200 W Class Stirling engine was completed
in about 1950. But the engine was not spread, because the transistor that can work at low power was
invented.
Stirling Generator of PHILIPS Corporation (the Nethrland)
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I took this picture in 6th International Stirling Engine Conference,
Eindhoven (the Netherlands) on 1993.
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