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Gasification Archive for January 2001
430 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:17:29 2002

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RE: GAS-L: stirling engines



Hi Mike,
 
The largest Stirling was built in 1986 by MAN Diesel Augsberg. It was rated
at 600kW in a V12 configuration.
 
It was a one off for a Military project.   Kockums Marine in Sweden are
fitting 100kW units to submarines.
 
There are currently no affordable large Stirlings on the commercial market
and very few small ones for that matter - these are mostly amateur built
units.
 
The Coal Research Centre UK built a 150kW unit a few years back - but this
was a disaster from start to finish  - you might be able to buy it off them
as scrap. The money ran out before the engine was completed and they relied
on contractors who failed to understand the key engineering requirements of
the work.  Mis-management I'm afraid.
 
Sorry, the outlook is a little bleak.
 
Ken.
 
 

 

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