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Windblue (http://www.windbluepower.com/) makes a permanent magnet alternator that produces 12V at low speeds that's not too expensive. They also make a replacement armature for DELCO alternators. I haven't bought one of these, but I have a friend running one on a water wheel. They are supposed to be...

kaltblutig wrote:Sent a request to get it from the Lawrence Tech University library and have it sent to the local university. How many pages is it? i can't seem to find the info online.

If you mean "Principles and Applications of Stirling Engines", its 247 pages.

I mentioned this in one of the threads, but I thought I post a topic for more to see and to share their favorite Stirling titles. If one is interested in the math of Stirlings, the best book I've come across is "Principles and Applications of Stirling Engines" by C. D. West (ISBN: 04422927...

....You should throw the caculator away and start building the engine. Those who get lost in the math just end up with a pile of parts and going back to the chauk board doesn't advance the construction process. You have the hot cyl. and displacer missing? Start cutting metal. Make the displacer abo...

Bellofram also makes "rolling diaphragm" seals. http://www.bellofram.com/ They have a "Design Guide" to download. As I understand, Bellofram invented these seal for regulators and control valves (to replace bellows seals?). I'm a chemical engineer and our control valves still hav...

Check out http://www.redrok.com/main.htm. This is all about heliostats.

Hello. I'm interested in developing a 100W-1000W stirling, (like all of the other thousand folks).

I've got one proto type I'm working on, but I'm like Edison and the light bulb; I haven't made a thousand mistakes, I've just discovered a thousand ways not to do it!

I believe the primary reason for pressurizing the crankcase is to reduce the requirements on the piston's sliding seal by moving the high pressure seal to the shaft's rotary seal. Rotary seals are easier to design and/or more effective than sliding seals.