February 17, 2010 at 4:20 pm | Residential Solar Panels
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This is a larger Stirling engine that has a 12v DC Permanent Magnet motor operating fixed as the flywheel bearing. It produces 15 Volt max with NO LOAD. This setup as is produces about 15 watts. The heat sink is a water cooled tank that is a bit small for the displacement piston but does work. I will be adding some heat sinks soon and testing it with the 56 inch dish and a Fresnel Lens. The motor/generator has an additional pulley that the other engine I have may be tied to. The water can be fed continuously or as a tank.
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Hi, where can i buy …
Hi, where can i buy that kind of parabolic concentrators? Please, tell me.
thanks.
the higher the …
the higher the voltage rateing the higher the voltage you get out and amps, nice vido. the best green power is in battery powerd electric gen. excellent luck
Gorgeous …
Gorgeous engineering.
Dan is that …
Dan is that Stirling homemade? Do you have any plans I can buy to make my own? Thank you for the fantastic vids!
Cool that’s close …
Cool that’s close to my sunlight concentrator. If I had money I’d start to build my gravity generator though, because solar cells are not developed well enough (yet)
@crevier777 This …
@crevier777 This one:-)
Hey Dan, what’s the …
Hey Dan, what’s the largest Stirling engine you have run so far?
Man you re-engineer …
Man you re-engineer your power transmission !
hey Dan your sure …
hey Dan your sure it produces 15 watts? that is CRAZY if its right man. Cause i have a mirror 4 times more area than your 35 inch one so that means it can give me 60 watts with this engine. I really want to make one like this engine
This is way more …
This is way more practical than burning stick and melting bits of broken glass, I’m looking forward to seeing the future videos with this engine. This video has just earned you one more subscriber!
hey dan. I have a …
hey dan. I have a couple of hot water heaters Im cutting up for the startings of a large stirling engine. Any one know how many horsepower the Ryder ericcson stirling engines were?
MUDDy
This is fantastic!!!
…
This is fantastic!!!
This can be a perfect science project.
satellite dish …
satellite dish actuators and redrokcom led trackers
As something of an …
As something of an electric vehicle buff, I’m honestly familiar with DC electric motors. You may want to check that you have the motor turning in the right direction; it will generate current in either direction, but it will generate more current (and less resistive heat) when turning in one direction rather than the other due to the internal brushing attitude.
for some reason …
for some reason that make me reckon of ancient steam engines? looks like it generates a lot of heat. man all these people willing to do the work on stuff to help a+ cant wait to see tomorrow! maybe get some thoughts myself?
i reckon its more …
i reckon its more practical to use by this way the energy from sun. you
can get more electricity power and the cost to make this machine is lower
than photovoltaic systems
anymore vids coming …
anymore vids coming from this engine?
Or maybe try
w w w …
Or maybe try
w w w solartracking com au
tks
loCK
Nice vid.. What if …
Nice vid.. What if you installed a peltier at focal point… with the cool side glued to a water bowl… you would get some wattage – no moving parts, etc.. for a while…
Abuot the same as a …
Abuot the same as a buffalo fart.
As always I like …
As always I like your innovation!
I’ve been tempted to build something like this, maybe based on the ancient Mother Earth News solar collector plans and an upscaled Gingery Sterling engine.
If it can generate enough power per day to see an average person through the night with LED lighting, and can be built just out of home metal castings and junk, then you’re REALLY on to something!
I’ve always thought …
I’ve always thought it’d be possible to track the sun with muscle wire. It shrinks when heated. If several muscle wires are attached like cables between the mirror and its target, when the hot point drifts away from the ideal point on the Stirling, the sunlight hits the wire, which contracts and pulls the mirror back to the right orientation.
- yea, I want to do …
– yea, I want to do the same thing, have you figured out how to track the sun ?
I’m not sure why we …
I’m not sure why we need a variety of solutions as you suggested. If we find one that works well universally, then we ought to go with it. Hydrogen, magnetic motors and stirling engines are in the lead, I reckon.
Hello Dan
I was …
Hello Dan
I was wanting to know what happens if you back this up with a fresnell lens on the cool side of the cylinder at the same time as the mirror? That is the design that I have in mind. I want to use a 60″ sat dish with the motors to track the sun accross the sky so you can have peak output all day long. Thanx day for all your work.
Best regards Mark