Stirling engine heating and electric current generating plant - includes hydrocarbon-field boiler, heat exchangers as well as alternator driven by engine

摘要

Water is heated in a boiler (2) by an oil- or gas-fired burner (3) from which a free-piston Stirling engine (4) is screened by a flap (16). The cooler (9) is supplied from the base of the boiler (2) through a pump (21) and valves (23, 24), giving up heat (15) to combustion air (18). The heat upmp (6) transfers energy from atmos. or groundwater to the heating circuit (14). The Stirling engine (4) drives a linear AC generator (5) with regulator (7). -