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Revision as of 19:55, 25 April 2011
Alpha prototype under construction. See Open Stirling Engine blog for the current status of the first prototype of the 4 cylinder alpha configuration engine. This is a simplified version of the design as modeled in Google SketchUp
Current version of the prototype. Assembled version with piston rod guides. See blog for detailed status reports. Having problems with polyethylene bags developing leaks, so not running yet.
This is not part of the GVCS. Elsewhere, Stirling engine enthusiasts are working on this. The Stirling engine is an efficient energy generating technology that has been replicated innumerable times and ways over the past two centuries, but nothing has penetrated the market in any significant way yet. The thrust, therefore, of an open sourcing project should be to identify and develop a variation that will result in a marketable design of widespread applicability.