[sci.military] Stirling Engines

tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude)) (08/14/90)

From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude))

In article <1990Aug8.030623.26257@cbnews.att.com> budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg) writes:
> ...
>  Scandanavians are working on Stirling engines.  Reciprocating,
>external combustion job.  Both Norwegians and Swedes have prototypes
>and are working out scale-up problems.  

Can anyone give a more detailed explanation of how this works?

-ted

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