04-30-05  12:06, Roy J. Tellason told Jim Holsonback about Sterling Dif.Compression

 How do, Roy?

 RJT> JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to JAMES BRADLEY:
 -=> on 04-29-05 05:45, JAMES BRADLEY wrote to ALL <=-
 
 JB> Has anyone heard of a Sterling engine, and could someone thumbnail it
 JB> for me? It reportedly works on differential compression between two
 JB> cylinders; hot and cold sides. The TV show did play Three-seconds of

 JH> One explanation can be found at
 JH> http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/courses/371/abhishe/main2.html 
 
 JH> Google searches on "Sterling Cycle" and "Sterling
Cycle Engine"
 JH> also turn up some other hits.  One of them is a site which shows
 JH> and does some explaining of  a working model which they sell.

 RJT> I have a number of yahoo lists flowing in here for various aspects of 
 RJT> machining and CNC stuff,  and the subject seems to come up 
 RJT> with fair regularity.  People are building such engines,  
 RJT> though I don't know if they're actually using them to do 
 RJT> any useful work.

The one I saw was used for submarine propulsion, and reportedly works
totally silently.


... James

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