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Unfortunately we don't have the time to make new parts now but that will most likely be helpful advice for next years group! At the moment we have mounted a cylinder with guide vanes around the cool cylinder. The vanes forces the water to run 2 laps around the cool cylinder. We have also milled out ...

Increased friction could be a factor, good point! Cylinders and pistons on both sides are made of steel. The displacer on hot side is made of stainless steel.

Hi! We are a group of people who are building an alpha stirling engine as a schoolproject. The heat is generated with a burner and cooling is done with water through channels around the cold cylinder. The problem we have is that engine runs well for about 3 minutes and then stops. If we try to start...