13-10-2010, 02:52 PM
Presented by:
MAIER Christoph
GIL Arnaud
AGUILERA Rafael
SHUANG Li
YU Xue
Introduction
"…These imperfections have been in a great
measure removed by time and especially by the
genius of the distinguished Bessemer. If Bessemer
Iron or steel had been known thirty five or forty
years ago there is a scarce doubt that the air
engine would have been a great success … It
remains for some skilled and ambitious mechanist
in a future age to repeat it under more favorable
circumstances and with complete success…"
(Written in the year 1876 by Dr. Robert Stirling
[1790-1878])
The Stirling Engine was invented by Robert Stirling. This device was born as a competence to the vapor machine, since a Stirling Engine works with smaller pressures than the device created by Watt and it did not require a qualified train engineer. At the end of s.XIX with the development of the internal combustion engine and the appearance of electric engines, the machine of this study was forgotten. Nowadays the technology that involves the invention of Robert Stirling is in completely development because of the fact that now very useful applications are available. This document travels in the history of this curious device looking for reasons of this incredible development in this called high technology with its different applications and doing an analysis from the point of view of the economy. This project explains the principle function of the engine with a deep investigation. And we show how the Sterling Engine in combination with renewable energy sources can be part of a sustainable energy supply.
for more details, please visit
http://exergy.se/goran/hig/re/07/stirling.pdf
MAIER Christoph
GIL Arnaud
AGUILERA Rafael
SHUANG Li
YU Xue
Introduction
"…These imperfections have been in a great
measure removed by time and especially by the
genius of the distinguished Bessemer. If Bessemer
Iron or steel had been known thirty five or forty
years ago there is a scarce doubt that the air
engine would have been a great success … It
remains for some skilled and ambitious mechanist
in a future age to repeat it under more favorable
circumstances and with complete success…"
(Written in the year 1876 by Dr. Robert Stirling
[1790-1878])
The Stirling Engine was invented by Robert Stirling. This device was born as a competence to the vapor machine, since a Stirling Engine works with smaller pressures than the device created by Watt and it did not require a qualified train engineer. At the end of s.XIX with the development of the internal combustion engine and the appearance of electric engines, the machine of this study was forgotten. Nowadays the technology that involves the invention of Robert Stirling is in completely development because of the fact that now very useful applications are available. This document travels in the history of this curious device looking for reasons of this incredible development in this called high technology with its different applications and doing an analysis from the point of view of the economy. This project explains the principle function of the engine with a deep investigation. And we show how the Sterling Engine in combination with renewable energy sources can be part of a sustainable energy supply.
for more details, please visit
http://exergy.se/goran/hig/re/07/stirling.pdf