Air cooled stirling engine

[Lagaslen]

Hi!!! I'm not speak english very well, because i'm italian...sorry for syntax errors and incorrect words

I'm building a two cylinder coke can stirling engine, and I would like to install to it a forced air cooling system porsche style, whit a cd-fan.
It is possible and will work efficently and good?

SORRY FOR A LOT OF ERRORS!

[fullofhotair]

Could you draw a picture and post it ? Then we could see what your trying to do. A lot of people use a fan blade for the flywheel.

[Lagaslen]

I am unable to post them. I will explain in a simple manner: I build a duct that leads the air, produced by the fan at the side of the engine driven by a pulley, around the cylinders cooling them.

[fullofhotair]

There is one good way to find out , try it out .Not too much invested so far. Both engines are running I assume? How are they tied together? Are they beta or gamma engines?

[Lagaslen]

It is a single stirling engine whit 2 cylinder...they are gamma type :)

[Ian S C]

If you can find your way to my gallery, you'll see my 2.5 cc motor, at one timeI hasd a centrifugal fan, not sure if it came from a small heater, or a hair dryer, it was about 4" diameter X 2" wide. I took the water tank off the motor, made a cardboard casing around the fan, with a cardboard ductto direct the air over the cold end of the motor, it certainly made the motor faster, but I could not find how much more power, because I could not get at the end of the crankshaft. Normally the little motor drives a little generator, enough to make a 3V radio work. Ian S C

[peter9091]

I just wanted to say thanks very much for sharing these.