Thanks for your thoughts on this Kevin.
The "perfect stirling cycle" actually does keep both the displacer and power pistons bottomed out longer than the "standard stirling cycle." However, very few working engines have ever been built to use a "perfect cycle." Several animations of various...
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, I'm new here, but this fits in with an idea I've been toying with.
My idea is to make the displacer itself a hot air chamber within the stirling, though that may not be the best description. The concept is to have the displacer bottom out (thinking anywhere...