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US 2014/0230428 A1Published application
Stirling engine
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoshi Komori, Masaaki Katayama, Manabu Tateno
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Abstract
A stirling engine 10A includes: cylinders 22 and 32; pistons 21 and 31, gas lubrication being performed between the corresponding cylinders 22 and 32 and the pistons 21 and 31; a crankcase 62 that is provided with a crankshaft 61 converting a reciprocating movement of the pistons 21 and 31 into a rotational movement; and a cooler 45 that cools a working fluid performing expansion work, wherein a start timing is adjusted based on an internal humidity of the crankcase 62.
Claims7
A stirling engine comprising:
- a cylinder;
- a piston, gas lubrication being performed between the cylinder and the piston;
- a crankcase that is provided with a crankshaft converting a reciprocating movement of the piston into a rotational movement;
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- a cooler that cools a working fluid performing expansion work,
- wherein a start timing is adjusted based on an internal humidity.
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