Power control for heat engines

Patent · 31 December 1983

OSTI ID:865275

Dineen, John J ^[1]

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1. Durham, NH

A power control arrangement for a Stirling engine includes a sleeve mounted in each cylinder for axial movement and a port in the sleeve leading to a dead space. The port is covered by the piston at a position that is determined by the piston position and the axial adjustment of the sleeve. The compression phase of the Stirling cycle for that piston begins when the port is covered, so the position of the sleeve is used to set the Stirling engine power level.

• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4487020
• OSTI ID: 865275
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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