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It looks like a Stirling engine : Perfect on paper but no real world application. Reddit comments seem to agree. However, it really looks like magic. Must have
by 0wis 6y ago
It looks like a Stirling engine : Perfect on paper but no real world application. Reddit comments seem to agree.
However, it really looks like magic. Must have been really fun to build.
- aidenn0 6y agoI could see it used for fixed-load low-power uses; maybe a trawling motor?
- trianglem 6y agoWell if the failure mode under high load turns it back into mechanical it still seems useful. Not sure what the Eddie current losses mean though.
- mikewarot 6y agoWhile there are plenty of toy Stirling engines, they do have real world applications. They are used as heat pumps in cryocoolers, and there are even variants with no moving parts, the Thermoacoustic Sterling Cryocooler.