Stirling cycle type engine

Details Stirling cycle type engine Stirling cycle type engine

1986-04-25

1987-10-13

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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ABSTRACT:
A Stirling cycle type engine having five cylinders annularly and equiangularly arranged is disclosed. The expansion chamber of one cylinder is connected to the compression chamber of an adjacent cylinder through a cooler device, a regenerator, and a heater device. The cooler device, regenerator, and heater device are serially stacked and are contained within a cylindrical element. The five cylinders and five cylindrical elements which function as heat exchanging means are supported by a frame having a plurality of plate elements. Each heater device is placed on one of the plate elements adjacent the expansion chamber of one of the cylinders.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2817950 (1957-12-01), Van Weenen et al.
patent: 3478511 (1969-11-01), Schwemin

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