GB1581681A - Stirling engine having a closed working fluid system - Google Patents

Stirling engine having a closed working fluid system Download PDF

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GB1581681A
GB1581681A GB25884/77A GB2588477A GB1581681A GB 1581681 A GB1581681 A GB 1581681A GB 25884/77 A GB25884/77 A GB 25884/77A GB 2588477 A GB2588477 A GB 2588477A GB 1581681 A GB1581681 A GB 1581681A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G1/00—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants
    • F02G1/04—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type
    • F02G1/043—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines
    • F02G1/044—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines having at least two working members, e.g. pistons, delivering power output
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G1/00—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants
    • F02G1/04—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type
    • F02G1/043—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G2244/00—Machines having two pistons
    • F02G2244/50—Double acting piston machines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G2275/00—Controls
    • F02G2275/40—Controls for starting

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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  • Fluid-Pressure Circuits (AREA)
  • Valve-Gear Or Valve Arrangements (AREA)
GB25884/77A 1976-07-09 1977-06-21 Stirling engine having a closed working fluid system Expired GB1581681A (en)

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US05/703,882 US4026114A (en) 1976-07-09 1976-07-09 Reducing the starting torque of double-acting Stirling engines

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GB1581681A true GB1581681A (en) 1980-12-17

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US (1) US4026114A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5359153A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1054382A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2730185A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1581681A (enExample)
NL (1) NL7707656A (enExample)
SE (1) SE7707937L (enExample)

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GB2124306A (en) * 1982-06-22 1984-02-15 Pauline Elsie Rowe Heat engine

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SE7707937L (sv) 1978-01-10
US4026114A (en) 1977-05-31
JPS5359153A (en) 1978-05-27
NL7707656A (nl) 1978-01-11
CA1054382A (en) 1979-05-15
JPS5738774B2 (enExample) 1982-08-17
DE2730185A1 (de) 1978-01-19

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
746 Register noted 'licences of right' (sect. 46/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee