STIRLING ENGINE

	Duration: 05:04 minutes Upload Time: 2007-01-12 19:14:29 User: Yoryevrah :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: At the Bracebridge Canada Fail Fair Sept 2006, a man explains his 1895 'stirling engine': highly efficient, long-lasting, quiet, reliable, low-maintenance, off-the-grid. Snowshoe Documentary Films (snowshoefilms.com)
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fuzzymonkey777 ::: Favorites  2007-01-19 22:01:45 That's a great video, I loved hearing the dates and history that this fellow knew about. Make some more videos, I know you want to. :) __________________________________________________
Mattys2007 ::: Favorites  2007-02-03 06:30:51 good video, but doesnt the hot piston go down and displace the hot air into the top part of the cylinder, and not brings the hot air up with it when the hot piston comes up? __________________________________________________
impazzitoinvolo ::: Favorites  2007-02-08 15:54:33 Very very nice!!! Beautyfull machine! COngratulation at that man for the recovery/restructure. Ciao! __________________________________________________
ranxer ::: Favorites  2007-02-09 08:54:24 the power is created by expansion of the heated air and contraction of the cooled air, the process would not work without a flywheel pushing the cold air back to the hot end, and it would work the same if the whole machine was upside down and the top was heated. __________________________________________________
Mattys2007 ::: Favorites  2007-02-09 19:32:54 not disputing that, im saying that the displacer piston goes down into the hot part of the cylinder, displaces the hot air into the top part of the cylinder, the hot air goes from hot to cold and contracts and sucks the power piston down, thats where u get your power from, and the flywheel keeps it all going. __________________________________________________
Mattys2007 ::: Favorites  2007-02-09 19:42:46 A hot air engine runs on heat. you put any heat source under the engine for example on mine i use gas. Heat the cylinder up, spin the flywheel, when the displacer piston goes down, it displaces the hot air from the hot part of the cylinder and the hot air goes into the water cooled part of the cylinder which is a different temperature, the air goes from hot to cold and contracts, sucking the power piston down which gives the engine its power, and the weight of the flywheel keeps it all going. __________________________________________________
tomterahedrob ::: Favorites  2007-02-28 00:47:00 thanks!how much hp?fuel consumption? __________________________________________________
mpsrent ::: Favorites  2007-03-15 22:05:46 The guy is Glen Kirton, a retired Ontario Provincial Police office from Bracebridge. Glen is extremely knowledgable about steam engines. __________________________________________________
ihatem1cro5oft ::: Favorites  2007-05-02 08:21:48 by the explanation given (and what i observed) its not a stirling engine, but a newcomen engine - these engines have a low RPM/high torque property that stirlings lack (big difference!). check wikipedia newcomen/atmospheric engine __________________________________________________
Mattys2007 ::: Favorites  2007-05-10 06:00:09 a newcomen /atmospheric engine is a steam engine, this is a Denney hot air engine..... only thing in the cylinder is air, the water is only for cooling of the top part of the cylinder which is for the cold piston to get your difference in temperature __________________________________________________
paxgladius ::: Favorites  2007-06-18 01:41:10 Awesome, I think we may start looking for those "old" technologies before we know it as energy crisis start hiting home __________________________________________________
OriginMultislayer ::: Favorites  2007-07-31 15:27:51 Hot air rises up... :D:D __________________________________________________
bradmacaroon ::: Favorites  2007-09-25 21:20:20 Do you think this device could be replicated using some modern materials? How much horsepower does it deliver? Thanks and thanks for the video. __________________________________________________
TaHrPa ::: Favorites  2007-10-16 11:50:11 Not only it can be replicated but you could build much better. Stirling engine the size of that in the clip could probably generate up to 10 HP. More than enough to power-up your entire home. Check google for more info. __________________________________________________
ravelgrane ::: Favorites  2007-10-30 15:14:53 so that has the original air from 1895 in that cylinder! __________________________________________________