Integral finned heater and cooler for stirling engines

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865255

Corey, John A ^[1]

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1. North Troy, NY

A piston and cylinder for a Stirling engine and the like having top and bottom meshing or nesting finned conical surfaces to provide large surface areas in close proximity to the working gas for good thermal (addition and subtraction of heat) exchange to the working gas and elimination of the usual heater and cooler dead volume. The piston fins at the hot end of the cylinder are perforated to permit the gas to pass into the piston interior and through a regenerator contained therein.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN 3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4483143
• OSTI ID: 865255
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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