Build a 2.5 HP (1.8kW) Stirling Engine

There is a guy who converted a 3hp briggs-stratton engine to a stirling engine. His site seems to be down, but you can still find it archived. It looks like it took quite a bit of modifying but still a neat project, although I doubt it had much hp.

Re: Future Energy Sources 1.10.1 Stirling Engines,

In Post #55 Scapolie posted a photo of a early effort "Vee" conversion Stirling engine.

A well known UK supplier of domestic central heating systems is building a Stirling engine in Japan that will run 24/7 and in the off periods return power to the national grid when not heating the house.

"A well known UK supplier of domestic central heating systems is building a Stirling engine in Japan that will run 24/7 and in the off periods return power to the national grid when not heating the house."

For a mortgage payment or equivalent of how many Pounds Sterling and an approx. 10 year payout.

And Kockums builds one for submarines that provides 2 months of continuous underwater operation utilizing their Stirling Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system. Don't even think about asking the price. It's not for sale.

Neither ot the above have anything to do with a DIY project for the man who wants to build his own!

I know that this post is old but I am very interested in building a sterling engine for my home energy production. My idea is to build the device half in and half out of a cement ditch so that in the winter the heat from the ground and the cold from the snow will run the engine, and during the summer time run the engine with the heat from the sun and the coolness from the ground.

Any ideas as to how I can do this, I am looking for a big engine around 10hp to 50hp and able to supply enough power to run our home 24/7 off grid with storage battery backup.

You are better off with a solar during day and cheap fuel during night The heat intensity is far better than the temperature differential between the land down and the surface