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- Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:38 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: if stirling engine is driven as reversed, does it work as cooler?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 48755
Re: if stirling engine is driven as reversed, does it work as cooler?
Tom, There is no such thing as a vacuum - the word is a useful concept, but in reality there is no such thing as a negative gas pressure. We would be in trouble if there were, as all of Earth's atmosphere would be sucked out into space. All of the demonstrations of a can/bottle/whatever imploding ar...
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:59 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: if stirling engine is driven as reversed, does it work as cooler?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 48755
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:55 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Displacer hot space vs cold space study
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3297
Re: Displacer hot space vs cold space study
In your spreadsheet diagram, do the purple sections indicate dead-space?
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:39 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
Tom, The simple point is that we all know that you cannot get power out of a machine without putting energy in. We can all discuss perpetual-motion as part of understanding the operation of a "perfect" Stirling engine, ie one with zero friction, but "free energy" is a whole 'noth...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:25 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:08 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
Tom, It seems to me that a very simple experiment is possible, and hopefully useful, which is to de-couple the displacer from the piston of a suitable engine - probably by connecting a second flywheel. My question was meant to be somewhat rhetorical, and based round logical thought experiments but p...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:14 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
Goofy, What is the point of the displacer? Is it needed?
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:28 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
Goofy - the problem is this: If for a moment, we ignore the "work done" on/by the piston, then what keeps the motor running? The simple answer is the alternating change in pressure of the working gas. What causes that change in pressure? The smaller reason is change of volume from the pist...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
The "Cloud in a bottle" demo - it's not really an experiment - is largely a demonstration of the rather surprising properties of humidity and vapour saturation, not of temperature directly. The cloud forms because the loss of pressure moves the dew-point. (I've seen it done much more impre...
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:01 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: The Carnot efficiency problem
- Replies: 258
- Views: 119385
Re: The Carnot efficiency problem
Tom,
The problem with treating ambient as being equivalent to zero, is 'pressure' doesn't agree with that at all - gas pressure at 300K is 75% of that at 400K (for the same volume) ...
The problem with treating ambient as being equivalent to zero, is 'pressure' doesn't agree with that at all - gas pressure at 300K is 75% of that at 400K (for the same volume) ...
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Ambient heat engine design theory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2371
Re: Ambient heat engine design theory
What's the comment on the left, about "cold steam" all about?
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 12:58 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Carnot reveal for Tom
- Replies: 162
- Views: 173544
Re: Carnot reveal for Tom
Firstly - proving that Carnot is wrong is actually easier than proving it is correct - essentially Tom is claiming that Reindeer CAN fly, which is easy to prove (if true) - just need to see one flying, and/or show appropriate Maths. Secondly though, you I need to support part of (what I understand) ...
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:06 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Stirling "Hit 'N' Miss" Hot air engine
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16867
Re: Stirling "Hit 'N' Miss" Hot air engine
For the two-stroke engines, would it be possible to invert them, and effectively have a sump above the pistons?
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:22 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Duel IC EC engine?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2806
Re: Duel IC EC engine?
What that diagram doesn't make clear, is what the two parts of the engine are meant to do? If they are intended to be linked to a common shaft, then I would suggest that that is a very bad idea - allegedly simply linking two IC engines to the same shaft is a very big deal, so getting the power outpu...
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:22 am
- Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
- Topic: Looking for diagram of a simple and effective Stirling heatpump
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25779
Re: Looking for diagram of a simple and effective Stirling heatpump
If I may expand slightly on an earlier comment or two - a "Stirling Heat Pump" is a fairly well-known device, though rarely needed/built by amateurs, I suspect! As noted, it needs something to drive it, which can just as easily be a "Stirling Engine" as anything else.