Stirling Technology ST-5 running in Auroville, India

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1985 USAID Project file "Rice Husk Energy Project" bit.ly/2j6ZcvH
2nd Interim Report, Rice Husk Energy Project bit.ly/2kjxZU3
found an old DV tape that I filmed in 2001 while visiting Auroville India. It shows a 5 horse power Stirling Engine. My father helps to explain how it runs and some of it's original design purpose
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here is another video taken in 2010 • Jhonny of Auroville wi...

[@synapticaxon9303]

This is the largest, most powerful and most practical stirling engine I've ever seen.

[@nurkhanmoldabekov7828]

Қазақша сөйлеші түк түсінбедім

[@Rossi0073]

Nurkhan Moldabekov kazakşa bilmem. Azerbaycanca söleşsem olur mu?

[@_Redu]

This is the most silent Sterling engine that i have seen so far actually doing some useful work.

[@how2what4]

yup very quiet indeed

[@how2what4]

this one is quiet because it's bolted to a reenforced concrete floor, all the torque and shake it taken up by the mass of the earth other wise the power of the devise would roam on it's own

[@reypolice5231]

​@@how2what4 Do you know the company that sells this unit?

[@how2what4]

@@reypolice5231 it’s not being sold or produced at this time

[@BasementEngineer]

Well, mine runs a portable radio.

[@SamMonkulas]

This invention crys out to all technology experts showing how simple can be energy generation. When this Engine can grind wheat on one side and make dough or rice grinding on the other side begs to prove of how much energy it can produce with such worn out conditions. ONLY IF SOME ONE WITH MONEY can take this tech to build a sophisticated model and give some data as to how much heat energy was used to produce how much power. Also notice that Heat energy came from a bunch of wood branches (lying Free nearby).

[@Anvilshock]

Nice to see this technology be put to practical use, not just put on a shelf as an ornament. That said, it doesn't quite sound like it doesn't need any maintenance. Surely it could benefit from a bit of oiling and adjustment, and possibly some bearing and hose replacement.

[@how2what4]

in this video it's not running at full power, if it did, the linkage system would easily break

[@evanriddle1614]

Yes, a Stirling that does work seems to be the size of a 30 gallon US barrel. Not a toy! I'd like to see more of them put to practical use.

[@maillonsilva126]

Tenho sonho de realizar um projeto desse mas com uma grande potência pra levar água de um poço de água ao povo sofrido das vilas do municipio que fica no Nordeste. Eu sou torneiro e tenho essa gentileza no coração de ajudar esse povo mas preciso de uma Judá pra realizar esse projeto pq esse tipo de combustível o povo do sertão tem pra funcionar esse tipo de motor

[@rougeneon1997]

Torque monster. Thing would put my buddies Honda to shame 😉

[@how2what4]

yes lots of torque for sure, to much in fact, they place some forced friction on the huge fly wheel because it was an issue.

[@Аналитика365]

Вот Англия сколько Добра оставила своим Колониям...:)

[@-wj5lu]

I want buy it. Engine weight/ out furnace. 30 kg . Model mini . 1500$ ok

[@isacchris1]

That's is awesome and an extremely efficiently running setup!!

[@how2what4]

I took the video in 2001, I think the engine was installed in 1988 and I think it kept running all the way to 2010. A well designed and balanced Stirling engine can run for a long time with minim maintenance. I found this one in this Indian town www.auroville.org/

[@how2what4]

I have an video answer from my father on this here, he saw the engine there a year ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6fagGOQe8qUbZIm10s

[@ChandrashekarCN]

@@how2what4 how to watch video

[@how2what4]

@@ChandrashekarCN it should work now

[@TerryD5000]

them darn abbos tryina crush dat corn n make some grain alcohol.

[@yessroman]

I’m guessing about 1 horse power. Any advance?

[@how2what4]

designed for 5 horse power

[@bold58]

I wish Elon Musk with his resources would look in to this ! Not talking about spending billions on it but opening up a research division or shop .

[@4-mylrdjesus417]

THE REALITY OF HELL AND WHAT GOD DID TO SAVE US FROM IT REVELATION 10:14-15 EVERYONE GOING TO HELL "...will be tormented with fire and brimstone...", "...And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night." WE ALL HAVE SINNED AND ARE CONDEMNED TO HELL ROMANS 3:23 AND 6:23 "for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." CHRIST IS THE ONLY SAVIOR ACTS 4:12 SPEAKING OF CHRIST, "there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” JESUS PAID THE PRICE REQUIRED BY GOD'S LAW, SO THAT THOSE WHICH PLACE THEIR FAITH IN HIM MAY BE SAVED

[@davidliz315]

Lovely....such a simple technology... great work

[@vincentlikando3498]

Who is blocking the review

[@ROCKNTV1]

WOW Impressive

[@how2what4]

thanks and it means more when it comes from someone with a neat youtube channel

[@ROCKNTV1]

@@how2what4 your welcome

[@duraivelansainatarajan3208]

Hi, are we free to use the engine model and build more? I would like to get any design details available apart from the report that can be useful for manufacturing this engine. Thanks for sharing the report

[@AgeofReason]

So how does this operate? Heating a fluid within a sealed system until the it gets excited enough to push through the system?

[@manobra2023]

Its the sterling cycle. Imagine that the air is like a fluid. It works by heating/expanding the air inside a chamber. There is a displacer, like a large loosely fitted piston, made out of something porous, light and fire proof. This moves back n forth making the air on the hot side expand as it also contracts on the colder sider, yea? This creates a blowing and sucking of the air with in. there is another, normal tight fitted piston or some kind of diaphragm on the cold side that pushes (power)a mechanism that makes the displacer plunge back n forth and turns the fly wheel. Its the momentum of the fly wheel that keeps the cycle going. so its a difference in temperature that makes this work. As the cool side slowly gets warmer the engine slows down requiring cooling. It can get quite complicated to manipulate this expansion and contraction but there are many examples of how this thermodynamic power can be harnessed.

[@abhipatil008]

What will be the cost of 3kW and 5kW engine. please send detail specifications it is required for one of the agricultural purposes with conventional wood burning application as shown in Auroville, South India

[@how2what4]

good question, I see if I can get an answer from one my Auroville Facebook friends

[@barrylynam5078]

Hi to Merrick from Barry in Ireland

[@how2what4]

Thanks I will pass your message to him

[@subirbhaduri]

Great Brian. I too visited Johhny at Auroville some 5-6 years back and was delighted to see a real big Stirling engine working. he mentioned that it worked without any need for service. I have also read your project book. Did you know that there's another rotting engine in Auroville? I wanted to scavange and restore it but i could not :(

[@how2what4]

nice, if you haven't already seen this, you will enjoy this video of Johnny kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYvZYmuqh9OJjqs

[@subirbhaduri]

Ha ha. that was a great one. I didnt get time enough to know Johnny but only his engine. Thanks for sharing. Johnny is a very kind hearted and straight soul.

[@ravelkoff3549]

Amazing.

[@jaxonevax6135]

What a beautiful place

[@logichari]

Brian, Many thanks for posting this video. Is ST-5 still at auroville?

[@how2what4]

I don't know, this machine was/is at Johny's place ( www.auroville.org/contents/803 ) Last time I was there was in 2005. I will see if I can track him down via email and see if it's still running.

[@ThakurOPSingh]

@@how2what4 Brian, Many thanks for this video. I have tried to contact Auroville about this engine. but not able to get any reply. do you have any contact details concern this in Auroville?. I want to make this with more efficiency.

[@how2what4]

@@ThakurOPSingh the engine was originally designed by www.sunpowerinc.com their based out of Athens Ohio

[@laurentoutan9922]

Ce moteur est génial

[@abhipatil008]

3kW 5kW

[@정병태-k6y]

wonderful !!!

[@Jkauppa]

how about hot air flow water wheel?

[@rustyholt6619]

look up "smoke jack "its been done

[@avgust520]

Спасибо! )))

[@shriv4567]

I like to make one Stirling engine, I like engines from childhood but have no engineering background and I don't know from where to start. If you got the working principle of the engine in the video and if you can share me that would be a great help to me. Thanks for uploading the video..

[@how2what4]

here's a video of your question being answered kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6fagGOQe8qUbZI and here is a report detailing the Rice Husk Energy project. In the back pages you can get the drawing for the engine which was developed then, it similar to this one in that it has a single displacer, had the goal of reaching 5 HP and used Stirling technology pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDAAV016.pdf

[@shriv4567]

Yes !!!! Thanks for sharing . Wish you happy new Year

[@psion128]

Wow! A industrial use of a stirling engine! It is pretty quiet. I've seen some quiet designs out there. Too bad they don't have it attached to a alternator or some thing that produces power. There is still a lot of kenetic energy from each rotation that could be used for other things. (Such as a alternator/electric motor.)

[@ThakurOPSingh]

Any contact no for Aurovill to visit this place and see this.?

[@marcosorlando596]

sou Brasil,. Fantastica engenhoca, muito inteligente. me ensina mais coo foi feito, quero fazer um, menor. Obrigado.

[@how2what4]

Obrigado pelo comentário, vou procurar alguns recursos e adicioná-los a este comentário

[@how2what4]

here is a similar engine kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGGlqpiwqdOeZ80 and I will look into getting the plans for this engine posted on the internet

[@how2what4]

and another similar engine kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHipmpSClMyMnrc

[@paulfarrell9259]

Absolutely beautiful, fairly expensive Stirling unit though I would think?

[@how2what4]

depends on where it is made, places which have a thriving cast iron industry could make it for a low cost. Places like Burma, India or Bangladesh. In developed nations I wonder if 3D printing which we see used for building SpaceX rockets could be used. Initially it would be expensive but in volume the costs would be reduced.

[@corruptionFreeIndia02]

@@how2what4 I am from india, and working on developing low cost version of it .

[@how2what4]

@@corruptionFreeIndia02 nice, would be good to connect you with my father on this.

[@bukunmioyedapo45]

@@corruptionFreeIndia02 did you make it?.

[@ChandrashekarCN]

@@corruptionFreeIndia02 any progress

[@alexsmith2632]

that's what i need for stirling engine in my farm

[@leoleony1]

So, that's a mixer afterall ?

[@arshadbabu786]

Dear brother ,the place auravellie is in tamilnad or kerala ?

[@how2what4]

it's in Pondicherry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry

[@rickhobson3211]

That used to be this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqHUmYuVa5uhZ5o

[@how2what4]

the original design comes from Sun Power Inc from Athens Ohio www.sunpowerinc.com they we're contracted by US AID to develop a biomass power source for Asian rice farmers, that was in the Jimmy Carter days when there was a lot of US government funding for alternative energy projects.

[@olliperez9022]

How about a drop of oil?!

[@ChandrashekarCN]

💖💖💖💖

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@crapthisisalongusern]

hold the damn camera still

[@АлександрАнисимов-э6д]

Русским проще вручную.

[@valerias4303]

What are the potencial in kw or horse power?

[@how2what4]

Design to produce 5 hp

[@Ringo.Cirta25]

ما شاء اللة، جيد جدا!

[@yovi1681]

Sarung e ngasi lepek asw

[@ser7ser7i]

Thank you.

[@mycasper9000]

How much HP does this generate ? Any rough estimates ?

[@how2what4]

ii was designed to run at 5 hp but this version was running at much lower level

[@mrstratau6513]

Excellent

[@ajvelazco9029]

Great

[@wanerjacquesbressane5682]

Legal

[@jean-paulallaume8640]

Génial et résiliant. Bravo !

[@Lamdacorp-o8n]

It looks so exotic and pretty where you are.

[@how2what4]

Johnny's place goo.gl/maps/YHYrKvFr2JgU4UYC7

[@TumpaTalapatra]

Is it a rhombic drive crank system.

[@how2what4]

it's not, the engine has to be fastened to a concrete base, if it had a rhombic drive it would be so well balanced it could be free standing. I think there was a desire to go in that direction with some engineers but the lack of funding in the 1980s for the project prevented this. The idea of this project started in the 1970's when the oil crisis was at its peak.

[@СтранникЯ-я1о]

💪👍👂👍👍👍👍

[@classicanimatedcartoonshd1441]

very cool, unfortunately absolutely horrible camera work when he was starting it up... Good God...

[@how2what4]

I admit this was for my own use, it was never intended to be professional, or a demo showing myself as a camera person. It was filmed using the cheapest 1998 Canon. At least it was digital but definitely not HD. What I'm surprised is there are not more people filming this engine in action.

[@classicanimatedcartoonshd1441]

@@how2what4 You're right, it's pretty amazing this thing was still running. I wonder if it still runs today.

[@how2what4]

@@classicanimatedcartoonshd1441 last I heard it was not but I'm sure with some funds, a foundry and a machine shop it could be running again. I need to make a return trip and film its status.

[@arunkumarkumba]

Still this engine running in Auroville,?

[@how2what4]

I don't think so

[@danielbrown4099]

Are the prints available?

[@how2what4]

report is in the description

[@marcisaacs9407]

Who built this engine?

[@how2what4]

in this case, it was a company in Chennai it not longer is in business, the original design came from Sun Power www.sunpowerinc.com/

[@adrianriebelbrummer5792]

Is the cold side being cooled somehow?? And how do they get more wood in?

[@how2what4]

On this model it’s air cooled but there were version designed with water cooling as well

[@how2what4]

on this one, the wood isn't being fed the way it was designed. With this one, the furnace is rolled away piled some wood into the furnace, start a fire, roll furnace back, hand-crank the blower until the engine took over. The original design had a hopper that could feed fuel sources like wood pellets or waste material from a farmers milling processes. Rice husks were a popular choice.

[@adrianriebelbrummer5792]

@@how2what4 thanks very much for both answers. Congrats for your beautiful engine

[@charliepearce8767]

I know its been asked before but who built it ?

[@how2what4]

It was a start up company based out of Chennai, two Americans founded it with the intention of manufacturing them for the Indian Agriculture industry, this was one of the engines put into the field for testing, I believe the company was founded in 1986 and was operational for a few years. I don’t remember the name of the company

[@charliepearce8767]

@@how2what4 Ho thank you so much for your speedy reply. I'm in 60s now and collected lots of information on this subject in the 90s before I had internet.. Iv always been fabricating have good workshop with metal lathe and drill mill , and before I get to old i would love to build a working hot air engine to power a evap cooler or for electrical service etc. I spent many years on the Australian outback opal fields and a unit like this would be perfect I'm sure for air conditioning camp dwellings. I build a LPG gas powered Evaporative Air Con that served us well in the summer heat .. I'd love to do the same thing but with a hot air engine.. Take care and thanks again !

[@how2what4]

@@charliepearce8767 I’ll check with my father with the name of the company, I know an earlier version was designed and built in Athena Ohio by the Sun Power company www.sunpowerinc.com/about-sunpower/company-profile

[@charliepearce8767]

​@@how2what4 Thanks, I've just received your message 10 months later.

[@daviddavids2884]

some late info. this appears to be a horizontal beta config. the beta config has one drawback, it does not allow the degree of thermal isolation of the sides, that the other configs do. in the case of an htd stirling, engine operation should be optimized, for Speed. moving components should be as light as practical. high engine rpms should be Converted to (increased) torque potential, via the use of Reduction at the engine output; in other words, Mechanical Advantage (over the load). a Small radius drive pulley should be used. under load, engine speed should Not be too much reduced; say, ten to fifteen percent. at 5:31, small drive pulley not used. googletranslate

[@how2what4]

I remember asking a similar question to the designers but unfortunately I forgot their reasoning for this config.

[@daviddavids2884]

@@how2what4 well, it IS outwardly simple and it works. cheers

[@how2what4]

@@daviddavids2884 my father made a smaller version which is vertical using a rhombic drive, it ran the same day I filmed this larger one, it can be seen here kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4C4pmmvjaaDpa8

[@aleksandrustinov74]

Говорите по русски , ничего ж не понятно !

[@how2what4]

жаль, что я не говорю по России

[@Fibrilus]

да что тут говорить, даже у Индусов есть в деревнях стирлинги высокого давления.

[@РусланФаррахов-ф2с]

Гдето даже в интернете видел полный комплект чертежей на данный стирлинг .но подумал что не потяну технически собрать.

[@gustafromanov7860]

WHAT IS THE VOLUME AND RPM?

[@how2what4]

+GUSTAF ROMANOV I'd have to follow up with my father on those details. I'll make a follow up video with those questions and plan to post it this summer. Do you have any other questions you'd like me to ask him?

[@how2what4]

here's a answer to your question on Volume and RPM kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6fagGOQe8qUbZIm42s

[@itanc1]

Hold the camera still next time. Great unit. Horrible viewing experience 😠

[@how2what4]

this is from 2001 many years before smartphones existed, I was backpacking through India and having a tripod on hand wasn't an option. The videos I made 10 years later with an iPhone all used a tripod. If I had a time machine, yes I would use the setup I now have, iPhone and tripod.

[@drnagarajam6665]

Engine is available for sale. please reply if not company details or manufacturer details

[@how2what4]

as far as I know it's not for sale, the engine ran well if it was running at lower RPM at about 600.

[@Prochon666]

I was wondering about making Ultra Low Temperature Diferential Stirling Engines for houses. It shoud start at 0,1c, with 0,2MPa using Helium, 500 000 cc, with delta temparatures power shoud be: 1c-1,1kw, 2c-2,3kw, 4c-4,6kw, 8c-9,2kw, 10c-11,5kw . It Shoudnt be mutch expensive either, about 100 000cc(100L3!) for 1500$ !! Best Solution will be 1 000 000cc(1 000L)(12000$) 1m3 Double Boxer Engine (selfstarting) 3 cylinders 2displacers and one double-power piston . Great for heat pumps, Central Heating, geotermal, . First we need heat collectors for spring and summer , one headsink in glas on roof for high temp ( 50-100c) and we dig a well for low temps (under 10m constant 10celsius). For Winter Situation is diffriend because well(10c) is the heat source and the air is low temp. Or you can plug stirling between your heat source at home and heatsinks in it. Key is to have bufor because you can keep warm warter from solar collector or else over night to power your house continuesly. What do you think about idea, power and prices ?

[@abhipatil008]

Please send the quotation of 3kW and 5kW engine with complete specification. This engine is required for one of the agricultural application

[@UrynAlexey]

All Stirling engines that I have seen before have had very little power. And this one is just a monster. Surely if it can reduce the weight and increase the efficiency. A similar engine, if modified, can probably be put on a yacht.

[@how2what4]

the goal of this engine was to have it run in rural farms in south Asia. Having it be low tech allowed the farmer the capacity to repair it themselves and use farm waste to fuel it. In this case to power output is more than enough

[@roykoffi7942]

@@how2what4 what is the working fluid inside the engine?

[@how2what4]

@@roykoffi7942 just air, it was designed to be easy to maintain making it simple to fix

[@roykoffi7942]

@@how2what4 wow that's impressive. Do you have any plan design of the machine ?if you can share it

[@efreitorhabibulin238]

this, in 21 century, when Nuclear energy exists... what a joke.

[@sreejiths5788]

Dont be stupid... Are u proposing a nuclear reactor for food processing...

[@efreitorhabibulin238]

@@sreejiths5788 lol wut? and i'm the stupid one? after that comment? So you have a machine like this one at your house for food processing? or do you plug in your stuff into a power outlet?

[@sreejiths5788]

@@efreitorhabibulin238 This is not a house. They are cooking for many...

[@efreitorhabibulin238]

@@sreejiths5788 dude, please stop, this conversation makes you look bad.