Power & Energy
Stirling engine
A Stirling engine repeatedly heats and cools a sealed working gas to move a piston. A regenerator stores and returns heat during the cycle, illustrating a distinctive route from externally supplied heat to mechanical motion.
About this artifact
A Stirling engine repeatedly heats and cools a sealed working gas to move a piston. A regenerator stores and returns heat during the cycle, illustrating a distinctive route from externally supplied heat to mechanical motion.
Sources & image credits
Historical patent drawing: Stirling hot-air engine
Image: Robert Stirling's engine patent.gif
Creator: Indian Institute of Technology, copy of image in Robert Stirling's patent of 1816.
License: Public domain
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