Stirling Engine Links and Downloadable Files

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This list consists of technical resources for Stirling Engines.

The main items are the website links and those underneath are a few of the more interesting examples.

• NASA Technical Reports Server
  
  
  • Stirling engine design manual Martini, W. R. (PDF:18MB)
  • Stirling engine design manual, 2nd edition Martini, W. R. (PDF:18MB)
• Dept. of Energy Information Bridge
  
  
  • External Heat Systems for Stirling Heat Pumps Vasilakis, A. D. (PDF:6MB)
• Sunpower Publications page #14 Linear Dynamics of Free Piston Engines Berchowitz, D.M.is one of my favorites
• Global Cooling Technical Papers - Mostly on Stirling Coolers though some still applies to engines
• WhisperGen paper Development of a Hermetically Sealed Stirling Engine Battery Charger - an excellent paper
• Stirling Engine Research at Lund University

These are a few SNAP related papers, now available for download:

• SNAPpro Stirling Numerical Analysis Program ISEC 2004 (PDF:160kB)
• Stirling Engine Heat Transfer - A SNAPPY Primer (PDF:64kB)
• SNAP - A Stirling Numerical Analysis Program IECEC 2002 (PDF:200kB)
• SNAP - A Stirling Numerical Analysis Program IECEC 2001 (PDF:30kB)