I have been using a waste oil burner for a few years that works well. It is a Little Dragon design (patented)and uses compressed air and a venturi principal to atomize the warmed oil into a burn tube. I bounce the flame off of an old brake drum that turns cherry red… really cooks when […]
Articles Tagged: stirling engine
Stirling Engine to Power Air Compressor/Pump for Babington
[q]I am in the middle of building my first Babington, and am interested in the amount of electricity that the compressor/oil pump will consume. I have also been reading a little on Stirling engines and wondered whether there was a cheapish one that would be powerful enough to drive the pump & compressor directly. Does […]
Wood Chips as a Power Source
[q]Over the last few months I have been working on a burner for the clean burning of woodchips – so that they may be used as a heat source for a small Stirling engine generator rated at about 500W. My first burner was built using a 2lb coffee tin, fitted with an air nozzle powered […]
Lack of Stirling Engines
Stirling engines have been around since 1816, but achieved widespread commercial success between about 1880 and 1920. At that time they were commonly known as hot air engines and available in 4″, 6″ 8″ and 10″ bores, with power outputs generally less that 1hp. Manufacturers including Rider, Ericsson and Robinson were prevailent about a century […]
Solid Fuel Wood-Gas Canisters
[q]Fuel handling for a modern wood gas car is going to be the major issue for public acceptability. Ideally the fuel should require little or no human handling and the ash and clinker should be disposed of in a user friendly manner. Here is one idea which could help to implement such a scheme. Imagine […]
Free Breeze (Stirling) Fan & Small Stirlings
I noticed from a recent survey of the keywords used to access my site, that 45% of you were typing in “wood stove Stirling fan” . So, in order to give you what you want, here is the homepage of the Canadian built Free Breeze Fan. The idea is simple – a low tech, Stirling […]
What Working Fluid is Best
[q]I have been watching with interest the discussion of Freon, ether, etc. as a working fluid in some type of heat engine. I have an idea to build a system that would use heated water at 180deg F. We could use ambient outside temp, which in this area is never above 100deg. and is rarely […]
Viebach Stirling Engine – Background
Here are some background notes about the Viebach ST05G Stirling Engine, the original prototype and the construction. Basically a DIY Stiling of about 500W shaft output based on aluminium casting set. Power output improvements to 1kW should be possible. This engine has been built by amateurs – mostly in Germany, and I have seen it run […]