Stirling engine power control

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864640

Fraser, James P ^[1]

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1. Scotia, NY

A power control method and apparatus for a Stirling engine including a valved duct connected to the junction of the regenerator and the cooler and running to a bypass chamber connected between the heater and the cylinder. An oscillating zone of demarcation between the hot and cold portions of the working gas is established in the bypass chamber, and the engine pistons and cylinders can run cold.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4395881
• OSTI ID: 864640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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