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Is there any real-life scenario in which both ends of a Stirling engine would increase by an equal temperature?

Thanks. I knew about the law, I was just asking to know if it translated to real-life performance.

If I were to increase the temperature of both ends of a Stirling engine by an equal amount (keeping a constant temperature difference), would the efficiency decrease?

I had to eventually change the project. Thanks for all of your help. Instead, I will be increasing the temperature of the hot and cold ends of the engine by an equal amount while maintaining a constant temperature difference, which should decrease efficiency. Will placing an ltd-engine on dry ice or...

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I've recently been fascinated by Stirling engines, and I'm doing a project on them.

The people on this forum have been super helpful!

It's in the title. I need to increase an engine's pressure by increasing ambient pressure for a science project, and I obviously can't do that if the engine's completely airtight.

Ian S C Would the crankshaft simply not move in a pressurized atmosphere? MSOEStirlingTeam I know increasing ambient temperature would introduce other inefficiencies due to Carnot's law, but would increasing temperature have the same effect? By making particles move faster, it also would cram more p...

I'm heating a ltd Stirling engine with hot (almost-boiling) water You would have to especially make a pressurized engine right? A tutorial for a small ltd Stirling engine stated to glue together three pieces of metal to form the pressure chamber. I know the pressure in the two ends of the engine cha...

Could someone direct me to instructions on building a small Stirling engine?
It must be able to run on a 100^o F temperature differential, and it must be able to fit in a 3 x 4 inch oval opening.

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I will be doing a science project on the effect of air pressure on the efficiency of a Stirling engine. I don't have the mechanical skills to build a pressurized Stirling engine, so I have decided to operate a regular LTD Stirling engine inside a pressure vessel. I will use a tachometer to measure t...

I know the formula is work done / heat input

But how would you get working efficiency in a percentage? How would you measure work done and heat
I'm talking about practical efficiency, not the theoretical maximum efficiency defined by Carnot's limit.

Thank you, that clarifies a lot!

But why would increasing pressure by increasing the mass of gas within a fixed volume have anything to do with the tenperature ratio?

I know I've said this on another post, but Is there any way to pressurize a Stirling engine by increasing ambient temperature? If a Stirling engine isn't pressurized, it has atmospheric pressure. So if you were to put the Stirling engine inside a pressure vessel, would it have the pressure of the ve...

Is there any way to pressurize a Stirling engine by increasing ambient temperature?
If a Stirling engine isn't pressurized, it has an atmospheric pressure. So if you were to put the Stirling engine inside a pressure vessel, would it have the pressure of the vessel?

I've needed to make yet ANOTHER change so in essence, all i want to do is to pressurize a Stirling engine could I do this by putting a Stirling engine into a container that can withstand pressure and then heating that container to raise pressure? i would put both the heating source and the cooling s...