Stirling engine system and operating method
OwnerDavid Anthony Clark, Alan William McCarthy-Wyperinventors
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Abstract
A Stirling engine system comprising a Stirling engine, a burner adjacent to the engine, and a supply of combustible fuel to the burner to produce a hot combusted fuel stream to heat the engine. The system further comprises means to provide relative movement between the burner and engine to increase the proportion of combusted fuel which bypasses the engine as the required heat output increases.
Claims6
A Stirling engine system comprising a Stirling engine, a burner adjacent to the engine, a supply of combustible fuel to the burner to produce a hot combusted fuel stream to heat the engine, and means to provide relative movement between the burner and engine to increase the proportion of combusted fuel which bypasses the engine as the required heat output increases.
A method of operating a Stirling engine system to provide heat output and electrical power output, the method comprising supplying a combustible fuel using a fuel supply to a burner adjacent to the engine to provide a hot combusted fuel stream to heat the engine, and moving the burner and engine relative to one another to vary the proportion of the combusted fuel stream which bypasses the engine depending on the heat output required.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.