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by ZippoLag
Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:40 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Question
Replies: 14
Views: 29886

Re: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Questio

Zippolog, The first two videos are from the Phillips corp circa 1960’s by the look of the footage. The last video is a home built unit that is barely able to keep an ice chest cool. http://youtu.be/GqIapDKtvzc http://youtu.be/GFfMruoRMGo http://youtu.be/5ImmaKORSII Thanks! I already knew the coolin...
by ZippoLag
Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:22 am
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Question
Replies: 14
Views: 29886

Re: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Questio

Zipolag, The reason I ask specifics is it make a big difference in the type of cooling system you use,but you just have a general interest.From what Ive read, here and other places, is a stirling engine is capable of doing what you ask of it. Bad news is its going to be super expensive.A one of kin...
by ZippoLag
Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:05 am
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Question
Replies: 14
Views: 29886

Re: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Questio

Where do you live ? What are daytime high temp. and night time lows, during summer? What is the humidity for these times? I live at latitudes 32.92S, 60.67W. Temperatures in the summer often vary between 25 and 35 degrees Celcius and humidty is rarely below 80%. But I'm not asking for my particular...
by ZippoLag
Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:58 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Question
Replies: 14
Views: 29886

The Stirling Engine Air Conditioner/Refrigerator Question

Hi everyone! What I wish to know is simply: "COULD a solar powered stirling engine be used to power another stirling that'd act as a heat pump for cooling a refrigerator or even as an air conditioning unit?". Simple yes or no answer could suffice, but let's expand that with further conside...
by ZippoLag
Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:38 pm
Forum: Stirling and "Hot Air" Engine Forum
Topic: New Members PLEASE read! - OR, having problems registering, being deactivated
Replies: 516
Views: 675775

Re: "Hi" We are new here!

I'm ALIVE!!

Also, an information systems engineering student that likes steampunk spite of having very little mechanical knowledge and somehow ended up here.