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Electronic Resource
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July 1987
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Library's review
ABSTRACT:
The modern hot-air engine, or Stirling engine, is based on a concept patented in 1817 by Robert Stirling, a Scottish clergyman. Stirling's engine was meant to be a safer and more efficient alternative to the steam engines then in wide use. The Stirling engine is an externally heated
The modern hot-air engine, or Stirling engine, is based on a concept patented in 1817 by Robert Stirling, a Scottish clergyman. Stirling's engine was meant to be a safer and more efficient alternative to the steam engines then in wide use. The Stirling engine is an externally heated
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engine, and is very versatile, with many favorable properties: suitable for different energy sources, such as liquid and gaseous fuels, solar radiation, and even solid fuel such as coal, high efficiency, low emissions when burning fossil fuel, low noise and vibration levels, high potential reliability under all load conditions, low maintenance, no lube oil consumption or lube oil changes required. Show Less