Stirling engines were confined to low power applications, such as ventilators, water pumping and providing air for church organs. But eventually, even in this applications the technology was ...

Stirling engines produce mechanical power through cyclical compression and expansion of compressible fluids, such as air and gases, by interaction with a heat source. Stirling engines can utilize heat ...

Stirling engines are really cool machines, invented by Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling in 1816 to rival the steam engine, they are one of the most efficient engines ever conceived. Building one is ...

This chapter applies the Fundamental Efficiency Theorem to a central problem in basic Stirling engine design, that of identifying optimal engine geometry. This problem was treated in Chapter 7 for ...

Reader Sarah Turner emailed in a question yesterday asking about the Stirling Engine and what might come be it’s future as a power source in automobiles. Since this is an excellent topic that ...