Stirling engine
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Naito
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Abstract
A Stirling engine includes a heater device for collecting solar radiation energy, a heater tube disposed in the heater device and connecting the expansion space and the compression space of cylinder containing a piston, and a transparent partition located in the heater device for defining a closed space. A heat storage material is positioned in the closed space and a temperature detecting apparatus is provided for detecting the temperature of the heat storage material. A pressure regulating arrangement regulates the pressure of a working gas in a working space located between the expansion space and the compression space of the cylinder. A control device controls the pressure regulating arrangement in response to a signal from the temperature detecting apparatus.
Claims8
A Stirling engine comprising;
- heater means for collecting solar radiation energy,
- a heater tube disposed in said heater means and connecting an expansion space and a compression space through a regenerator and a cooler;
- a transparent partition disposed in said heater means and defining a closed space within which said heater tube is located;
- a heat storage material positioned in said closed space;
- temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature of said heat storage material;
- pressure regulating means for regulating a pressure of a working gas in a working space from said expansion space to said compression space;
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- control means for controlling said pressure regulating means in response to a signal from said temperature detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.