What is the Šterlinka engine?

Sterling engine is a highly efficient, lesless, silent engine that uses the energy produced when it is expanded and contrast to gas (not gasoline) when temperature changes. Stirling or Sterling, invented by Robert Stirling in 1816 in Scotland, uses engine, uses simple gases and natural heat sources such as sunlight, to regenerate engine pistons. Sterling engines are attractive because they do not require supplemented fuel source, run quietly and do not throw any emissions.

At the beginning of the 18th century, steam engines on ships and trains were the primary type of engines. These used reliable technology of heated water that turned into steam to transport, but sometimes exploded and threatened operators and passengers. Therefore, Stirling invented an engine that was a closed system without explosives, without fire and without steam, for safety and efficiency. He hoped that the Sterling engine would be designed to be strong enough to eventually drive the locomotive.

Sterling Engine works on very basic physics concepts that describe how hot air expands and has higher pressure than colder air. A regular diesel engine, such as in your car, uses fuel to cause small explosions that move pistons up and down. But in the sterling engine, the piston moves by moving different air chambers with different pressure degrees. The air on one side of the piston of the shift is heated by an external source such as sunlight or crumbling plant mass. The increased pressure pushes the piston to the other side of the chamber, where the air remains cold. Then the chamber warms and the process is repeated. There are usually two pistons, at 90 ° each other that can be connected to the crankshaft for the movement of the vehicle or generator for electricity production.

Some modern applications are still relying on the Motor Motoring when they require power supply that do not need replenishment to replenishThe ease, does not issue emissions and works quietly. For example, some submarines are placed by a coin engine, as well as some solar energy plants. The recent interest in the popularization of Sterling's engine was inspired by the desire of people to transport and produce electricity without fossil fuels. Scientists are working on the development of updated technology that builds pterling engines in electric plants and commuting cars.