P02017 Hot Air Stirling Engine Model

A. Specification:

B. Features:

1. Power cylinder: transparent organic glass.

2. Flywheel, cylinder linear and piston are made by aluminum alloy with process of finish turning and milling.

3. Connecting rod adopts stainless steel material.

4. Wheel and axle use high precision micro bearing connecting, making it perfectly stable and giving a sense of aesthetic feeling with no lubrication needed.

5. The overall appearance is delicate, fancy, beautiful, having qualitative feeling with clear and simple principle for demonstration.

C. Usage:

1.     Collection

2.     House decoration

3.     Present

4.     Class demonstration

5.     Physical experiment demonstration

6.     Promotional gift

D. Work Principle:

Stirling engine, invented by Robert Stirling, was named after him in 1826. It is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas, making it a conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.

      The Stirling engine is noted for its high efficiency compared to steam engines, because it can use almost any heat sources. This engine is currently exciting interest as the core component of micro combined heat and power units, in which it is more efficient and safer than a comparable steam engine.