Stirling engine
AssigneeMicrogen Engine Corporation Holding B.V.
InventorsDavid Anthony Clark, Adam Henry Green
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Abstract
A Stirling engine has a housing containing a displacer and a power piston arranged to reciprocate relatively to one another. A head is adjacent to the displacer to absorb heat, and is surrounded by a block of copper or aluminum. A substantial proportion of the block is clad with a layer of stainless steel or Inconel having a thickness of between 3 mm and 0.15 mm.
Claims11
A Stirling engine comprising a housing containing a displacer and a power piston arranged to reciprocate relatively to one another, a head adjacent to the displacer to absorb heat, the head being surrounded by a block of copper or aluminum, a proportion of an exposed outer surface of the block being clad with a layer of stainless steel or INCONNEL (nickel alloy) having a thickness of between 3 mm and 0.15 mm.
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