Physics

The stirling engine is mounted on a rod and then the end is heated with a blow torch.

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The piston rods for the piston and the transfer piston are 90 degrees out of phase. The piston has an expansion and compression stroke while the displacer piston moves the gas from the hot to cold part of the cylinder.

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A torch heats the end of the Stirling Engine. Turn the wheel in the directions of the arrows to get it started.

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The wheels spin at a pretty good clip!

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A thermometer is connected to the end (red) that is usually heated and the cooling (blue) portion. Notice that the temperatures are about the same.

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Mechanical energy is put into the Stirling Engine by rotating the wheel in the direction of the arrow. The end (red) gets cooler.

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PHYSICS

4F30.10A

Stirling engine

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Description: Heat engine.

Room:PS F175

Location: Be2

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Date Added:11/14/2008

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Quantity:1

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Last updated: 11/26/2008

Purpose: Demonstrate how a heat engine works.

Safety Issues: Disclaimer (Warning - work in progress - may be incomplete)

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Parts: Heat engine and propane torch.

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1A0	MEASUREMENT


1A10	Basic Units


1A10.10	Basic units set-Video	Video Encyclopedia: Show a clock with a second sweep, meter & yard sticks, and kilogram and pound mass	VE01_01
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1A10.35	Meter stick - 4 sided	Graduated in meters, decimeters, centimeters, & millimeters
			Aa2
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1A10.50	Liter Cube/set
			Aa2
			PS F175
1A10.510	Meter Cube	Meter cube frame, stored dismantled
			Aa2
			PS F175
1A10.520	Volume Perception Paradox	One liter of colored water is poured from a sphere to cylinder. The sphere seems smaller but is of equal volume.

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1A10.60	Avogadro's Number box	Black 22.4 liter cube
			Aa2
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1A20	Error and Accuracy


1A20.10	Gaussian curve - Video	Video Encyclopedia: A commercial device for the overhead projector where ball bearings roll through an array of nails into parallel chutes.	VE16_12
			3_1
			PS F175
1A20.25 A	Dice - ordinary
			Aa2
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1A20.25 B	Dice - overhead
			Aa2
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1A20.25 C	Dice - polyhedral
			Aa2
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1A20.25 D	Dice - large foam
			Aa2
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1A30	Coordinate System


1A30.10 A	XYZ Coordinate axes	Long arrow shafts with label attachments	top
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1A30.10 B	XYZ Coordinate axes	Zometool version
			Aa3
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1A30.10 C	XYZ Coordinate axes	Medium arrow shafts with dull broadheads
			cabinet
			PS H356
1A30.30	Polar Coordinates	A semi circle is rotated about an axis to demonstrate why integration over theta is from zero to 180 degrees.
			Aa3
			PS F175
1A30.30	Polar Coordinates


1A30.40 A	Chalkboard Globe - Large
			Af6
			PS H156
1A30.40 B	Chalkboard Globe - Small
			Af6
			PS H156
1A40	Vectors


1A40.001	Vector models, Magnetic Field model, Electric Field model, Electromagnetic Field model	Three cardboard vector models. 1) A uniform vector field represented by 9 arrows in 3 by 3 array. 2)Single vector represent by an arrow perpendicular to cardboard. 3) Same as 2) except a circle is drawn around the arrow to represent the curl of the vector
			Aa3
			PS F175
1A40.10	Vector components (3D)-Video	Video Encyclopedia : Metal arrows define a three dimensional coordinate system. An arbitrary vector is viewed in three planes.	VE01_07
			3_1
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