Based on previous work by George Cayley (known for his pioneering work on aeronautics), Stirling filed his patent for a safer engine in 1816. That makes this year the bicentenary of this engine.

In 2005, a $100 million Swedish submarine delivered a humbling lesson to the U.S. Navy by “sinking” the $6 billion USS Ronald ...

Next time you’re making yourself a tunafish sandwich, try to figure out how to build a Stirling engine from the leftovers (translated). If you can pull it off as well as [Killerlot] did we’d ...

Reader Sarah Turner emailed in a question yesterday asking about the Stirling Engine and what might come be it’s future as a power source in automobiles. Since this is an excellent topic that ...

In a 2005 war game, the Swedish diesel-powered submarine HMS Gotland "sank" the U.S. Navy's $6 billion-plus USS Ronald Reagan ...

Stirling engines produce mechanical power through cyclical compression and expansion of compressible fluids, such as air and gases, by interaction with a heat source. Stirling engines can utilize heat ...

In 1816 Robert Stirling invented an engine that operated by heating and cooling air in a closed cycle. The cycle has now been "reversed" in an efficient machine for cooling things to very low ...

The $29.99 all-metal desktop Stirling engine kit is one of the simplest. It can be assembled in 15 minutes and is recommended for ages 14 and up. Also for $29.99 is the Exploring Kid Steam Engine Kit.

Ideal Stirling engines are monomorphic, so the results of the previous chapter apply directly. System charging an ideal Stirling theoretically produces the best possible effect. This is so whether the ...