Stirling cycle engine

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864794

Lundholm, Gunnar ^[1]

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1. Lund, SE

In a Stirling cycle engine having a plurality of working gas charges separated by pistons reciprocating in cylinders, the total gas content is minimized and the mean pressure equalization among the serial cylinders is improved by using two piston rings axially spaced at least as much as the piston stroke and by providing a duct in the cylinder wall opening in the space between the two piston rings and leading to a source of minimum or maximum working gas pressure.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4417444
• OSTI ID: 864794
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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