Jan 26, 2019

The Stirling Engine: A Wave of the Future, 1992 NASA and General motors.

Stirling. A lot of promises, but will not become common.

Test: The car engine has been replaced with a Stirling engine.

Nice old promotional video. :) Thanks to: J. Quitney



NASA: The United Stirling P40 engine for solar dish concentrator application (link)

Fact: 
Class: External combustion engine
Eff: 0,1-0,4 (Carnot)
Inventor: Robert Stirling, ca. 1820 (link)
Science: link
Patents: Link
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