Stirling Engines

[Belle]

I've been looking into stirling engines for periods of no electricity. They can be used instead of an electric blower to distribute heat from a wood stove. I'm even thinking about how to use one for making a solar oven more effective, like a convection oven.

http://www.stirlingengine.com/ecommerce/product.tcl?usca_p=t&product_id=69


http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/courses/egr112/StirlingEngine/stirling.html


http://makezine.com/images/07/stirlingengine.pdf


http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/08/the_twocan_stirling_engine_pre.html


and this one has a bunch of interesting articles~

http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/StirlingEngine/index.html