Re: [Vo]:OT: steam locomotive

2022-01-04 Thread Jürg Wyttenbach
A diesel with double turbo loader is above 50% efficiency. You will never get there with a sterling motor in a reasonable temperature range. Key is to extract all kinetic energy in a gas explosion what cannot be done with a sterling motor. But you can run a sterling motor even with burning

Re: [Vo]:OT: steam locomotive

2022-01-04 Thread Jones Beene
The most interesting new - but actually old - engine development (esp. for those who think LENR has a future in transportation) is the re-emergence of the Stilrling design. This engine design and the Brayton cycle, in general, never made the grade for commercialization - before now, at least.