Alternative Stirling Engines For Free Energy Applications And How To Go About Building Them And Using Them To Generate Electric

This book describes the basics of the Stirling engine, as well as some of the most promising alternative models, how to go about building them and how they can be used to generate power for home use. Home power generation is not new. You can buy home generator kits and solar panels by the ton. The main problem is they cost so much. The Stirling is astonishingly easy to make and can be built from scrap or commonly found components at a fraction of the cost of a home solar kit and yet produce the same power. There are several on going attempts on the net at the moment to do just that - have a look at Tim Sefton's Volo design project (Kickstarter funded by the way). But if you are like me - a true do it yourselfer - Then you want to give it a go completely by yourself. If that is so then this book is the one for you. The idea here is to familiarize you with the basics give you some designs to run with and hopefully encourage you to make and use you own engine as a way of 'getting off the grid.'

Contents:

Introduction.
Top 10 Uses For A Stirling Engine.
History Of The Stirling Engine.
The Future Of The Stirling Engine.
Stirling Engine Principles.
The Basic Theory Of Operation.
Types Of Engine.
Alternative Engines.
Free Piston Stirling Engines.
Flat Stirling Engine.
Thermoacoustic Engines.
Practical Engines.
Simple Free-Piston Engine.
Free-Cylinder Engine.
Fuidyne Engines.
Combination Free Cylinder Fluidyne Engine.
Using The Stirling Engine.
Fuel Efficiency And Power Output.
Comparing The Alternatives.
About Building The Engines.
Fluidynes.
Free Cylinder Engines.
Free Piston Engines.
Low Temperature Difference ( Ltd) Engines.
Rotary Stirling.
Methods For Generating Electricity From Your Stirling.
Magnetohydrodynamics.
Linear Alternator.
Standard Alternator.
Some Good Internet Resources.

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