Closed cycle in-line double-acting hot gas engine

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1981-06-08

1983-12-27

Ostrager, Allen M.

Power plants

Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of...

Unit of mass is a gas which is heated or cooled in one of a...

F02G 104

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044222920

ABSTRACT:
A closed cycle in-line double-acting hot gas engine designed such that an ordinary crankshaft can be used without the need of special jigs and tools. The hot gas engine according to the present invention has regenerator/coolers which are each arranged around the respective cylinders concentrically and cylindrically with respect to the cylinders and four pairs of approximately quadrant-shaped manifolds arranged over the engine so as to form a heat exchanger with the respective heaters gathered in cylindrical shape.

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Motortechnische Zeitschrift, vol. 38, No. 9, Sep. 1977 by F. Zacharias "Weiterentwicklungen am Stirlingmotor-Teil 1", pp. 371 to 374, 377.

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