HOW A ALPHA STIRLING ENGINE WORKS?
Phase 1 to 2
The cylinder gets warm heat energy from outside. As the cold cylinder stores yet almost no gas, most hot cylinder is moved to heat up. To increase the temperature of the air being sealed, the pressure of the system, this engine drives two pistons to take up more space. |
Stage 2 to 3
At this stage the hot cylinder piston leaves the maximum space for the gas piston and the other is in the middle of the cold cylinder, taking into account the rotation between piston 90 ° from the crankshaft. To expand the gas, it loses pressure, thanks to the rotation of the flywheel begins to move most of the cylinder head cold, through the regenerator and leaving stored energy. |
Stage 3 to 4
Here, the gas is moved completely cold piston cylinder, thereby it can get. In the process, most of the hot gas cylinder moves to the regenerator. |
Phase 4 to 1
During this phase all the gas has cooled and collapsed. The inertia of the wheel that rotates the crankshaft necessary to reduce the cold cylinder space, moving the corresponding piston. The gas does not offer resistance to the reduction in volume as it is a fairly low temperature. Thus obliged to return the gas to the hot cylinder, through the regenerator where it recovers temperature to facilitate subsequent warming. |