Wednesday December 18, 2013
Principles of Engineering (POE)
Period 2
Instructions: The next project is going to be the
design and construction of a Stirling engine. Use the Internet as a resource to
find the answers to the following questions:
1. What is a Stirling engine?
2. Who invented the Stirling engine?
3. What problem was the inventor of the
Stirling engine trying to solve?
4. What is the initial source of energy
that Stirling engines use to do work (rotate)?
5. Type Stirling engine in a Google
search and then click on the Wikipedia.org link.
a. What are the differences between and
Alpha Stirling engine and a Beta Stirling engine? Complete the following to
show these differences
i.
Use
engineering notebook paper and a pencil to complete two diagramed sketches of
these two engine types?
ii.
Add
color to enhance your sketches
iii.
Label
the components of the two engine types including the following : expansion
cylinder, compression cylinder, regenerator, displacer, power piston, and
flywheel
iv.
Use
the diagrams at Wikipedia.org to assist you.
6. Place your question answers and sketches
into your portfolios. These will be checked at the beginning of class on Thursday
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