I realise that there are a lot of 'crackpot' theories about truth and reality
on the internet, but it is easy to show that the Wave Structure of Matter
is the correct solution as it deduces the laws
of Nature (the fundamentals of Physics
& Philosophy)
perfectly (there are no opinions). While the Wave Structure of Matter is
obvious
once known, to begin it will seem strange simply because it takes time
for our minds to adjust to new knowledge.
For those who are religious
/ spiritual, I think Albert
Einstein expresses the enlightened view of God. He writes 'I believe
in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists,
not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.'
This harmony arises from a Wave Structure of Matter in Space (we are all
interconnected in this space that we all commonly experience). This unity
of reality (God, Brahman, Tao, Spirit, Energy, Light, Vibration) is central
to all major world religions, thus their common moral
foundation of 'Do unto others as to thyself' as the other is part of
the self.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a
revolutionary act. (George Orwell)
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. (Mohandas Gandhi)
All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
(Edmund Burke)
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late. (Thomas Hobbes)
Stirling Haselhurst Engine Converting two 6 cylinder petrol motors into 6 Stirling
heat engines
This Stirling engine design is a high pressure (60 atmospheres) mid temperature
(350 degrees celsius hot side, 70 degrees celsius cold side) design. It
has a theoretical efficiency of 35% (solar cells have a maximum efficiency
of about 20%).
The two petrol motors are 6 cylinder 3.9 litre 120 Kw Ford Falcon motors
from 1990 (yes, I live in Australia!). They cost me $40 dollars each from
the local salvage yard. Each cylinder has a volume of 650cc so we are effectively
making 6 small stirling engines connected together by the motor's crankshaft.
Because it is high pressure you must use high pressure rated seamless carbon
steel for the heating and cooling pipes (10 cm diameter). See: Carbon
seamless steel pressure ratings.
(As a comparison of cost, the WhisperGen Stirling engine costs $20,000
dollars and is 1Kw.)
Below is the rough diagram, followed by a short explanation (from my provisional
patent application).
The Stirling-Haselhurst Heat Engine
Stirling Engines are theoretically the most efficient heat engines available,
where the efficiency is 1 - Tmin/Tmax (in degrees kelvin). Thus the engines
are more efficient the greater the temperature difference from the hot side
to the cold side. The reason for the higher efficiency is because of the
regenerator, where heat energy from the hot gas is stored in the regenerator
as the gas is moved to the cold side, then returned to the cold gas when
it is moved back to the hot side (this was invented by reverend Robert Stirling
- clever man!)
However, in the past it has been difficult to overcome design problems
relating to the required rapid flow of heat energy in the hot and cold cylinders,
sealing the system at high pressure and temperature, and building the motor
at a cost efficient price.
The Haselhurst-Stirling engine overcomes these problems by connecting two
petrol motors 90 degrees out of phase. One motor is on the hot side, the
other motor is on the cold side.
The head of both motors are removed so that we have the block, pistons and
crankshaft only. The bore for each piston (90mm) is then connected to the
same diameter pipe (heating / cooling pipes - see above diagrams). The heating
and cooling pipes are then connected at the top by the regenerator - half
filled with copper to store the heat energy of the hot gas.
The heating / cooling pipes are half filled with oil (to make liquid pistons)
and above the oil the volume is pressurized with the working gas (nitrogen
or helium). (Warning - never use pressured air with oil - it is
highly explosive!)
Further, the heating and cooling pipes have three times the volume of the
cylinders, so they can be two thirds filled with copper wire to improve
heat transfer.
I have removed the oil rings from the pistons and replaced them with high
temperature rubber O-rings. This seems to work quite well (I have pressure
tested to 130 Atmospheres!). You must also seal up the pistons behind the
oil rings (I poured molten aluminum inside piston to close these gaps -
you can also use silicon I suspect, and perhaps adding fine wire fibre to
the silicon to increase its strength).
Due to expansion of aluminum alloy pistons when hot (300C) I had the hot
cylinders bored out 30 thousandths of an inch.
When the crankshafts rotate the oil moves up and down the heating / cooling
pipes causing the working gas to be moved from the hot side to the cold
side and back again. In one complete cycle the hot gas expands and does
work pushing the pistons apart, then the gas is transferred to the cold
side and is compressed, then is transferred back to the hot side to complete
the cycle.
This is an animated diagram of the standard Alpha Stirling Engine cycle.
Advantages of the Haselhurst-Stirling Engine
Because we are using liquid pistons we can add copper wire in the heating
/ cooling pipes to increase heat flow (this is the big advantage of using
liquid pistons).
By using existing technology of petrol engines we are able to build cheap
efficient Stirling engines with high power output.
Effectively we are building 6 stirling engines, each with a volume of 650cc,
connected by the motor's crankshaft, thus increasing heat transfer (rather
than having one big cylinder).
Because this is an external combustion engine it can use any heat source,
including the sun, thus producing a carbon / pollution free energy supply.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the
world."
(Mohandas
Gandhi)
"When
forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence:
Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.
... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially
extended. In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning.
... The particle can only appear as a limited region in space in which
the field strength or the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific conclusions
is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is in all spheres
of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that
no improvement in the present depressing situation is possible without
a severe struggle; for the handful of those who are really determined
to do something is minute in comparison with the mass of the lukewarm
and the misguided. ... Humanity is going to need a substantially new way of thinking
if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe
- the discrete and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the
intuitions of the ancient
philosophers and mystics.
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