摘要 |
A rotary Stirling-type engine ( 100 ) having a heat chamber ( 105 ) with a compressing turbine ( 107 ) at one end and a valve assembly ( 108 ) through which gas enters the heat chamber ( 105 ). At the order end is a nozzle housing ( 109 ) for gas exit. A shaft ( 110 ) extends from the turbine ( 107 ) and is mounted in a bearing ( 111 ). Another shaft ( 112 ) extends from the nozzle housing ( 109 ), mounted in bearing ( 113 ). A rotor flywheel ( 114 ) is also mounted on shaft ( 110 ) and fixed in place by socket pin ( 115 ). The engine also contains insulating jacket ( 120 ), regenerating a housing ( 122 ) and a heat sink ( 126 ). In the engine, gas is compressed by the turbine ( 107 ) until it opens valve ( 108 ). The passes through and expands in the heat chamber where it receives heat radiation (eg. Solar) through a glass window ( 121 ). The gas cannot escape back through the valve ( 108 ) but rather through two circumferentially mounted nozzle adjusters, spinning the whole central assembly, including the compressing turbine ( 107 ), as it escapes. The gas then passes over heat sinks ( 126 and 130 ) which releases the heat to the external environment.
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