Objective: Operate a functional model of a Stirling engine as a heat engine
A hot-air engine is a classical example of a heat engine. In the course of a thermodynamic cycle thermal energy is fed in from a high temperature reservoir and then partially converted into useable mechanical energy. The remaining thermal energy is then transferred to a reservoir at a lower temperature.
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![Pair of Safety Experiment Leads, 75 cm, blue, red, 1017718 [U13816], Experiment Leads and Cables](/thumblibrary/U13816/U13816_01_140_140_Pair-of-Safety-Experiment-Leads-75-cm-blue-red.jpg)
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![Precision Dynamometer 5 N, 1003106 [U20034], Dynamometers](/thumblibrary/U20034/U20034_01_140_140_Precision-Dynamometer-5-N.jpg)
![Mechanical Stopwatch, 15 min, 1003369 [U40801], Measurement of Time](/thumblibrary/U40801/U40801_01_140_140_Mechanical-Stopwatch-15-min.jpg)
![Stirling Engine D, 1000817 [U8440450], Cyclic Processes](/thumblibrary/U8440450/U8440450_01_140_140_Stirling-Engine-D.jpg)
![Calipers, 150 mm, 1002601 [U10071], Measurement of Length](/thumblibrary/U10071/U10071_01_140_140_Calipers-150-mm.jpg)
![Tripod Stand 150 mm, 1002835 [U13270], Bases](/thumblibrary/U13270/U13270_01_140_140_Tripod-Stand-150-mm.jpg)
![Immersion Block Al 100 cm³, 1002953 [U15037], Buoyancy](/thumblibrary/U15037/U15037_01_140_140_Immersion-Block-Al-100-cm.jpg)
![Tube Holder S, 1014525 [U185002], Electron Tubes S](/thumblibrary/U185002/U185002_01_140_140_Tube-Holder-S.jpg)
![High Voltage Power Supply 5 kV (230 V, 50/60 Hz), 1003310 [U33010-230], Power Supplies](/thumblibrary/U33010-230/U33010-230_01_140_140_High-Voltage-Power-Supply-5-kV-230-V-5060-Hz.jpg)
![Supplementary Set for Stirling Engine D, 1008516 [U8440455], Cyclic Processes](/thumblibrary/U8440455/U8440455_01_140_140_Supplementary-Set-for-Stirling-Engine-D.jpg)
![Heating Rod K, 1017340 [U8498280], Sound](/thumblibrary/U8498280/U8498280_01_140_140_Heating-Rod-K.jpg)
![Microphone probe, long, 1017342 [U8498282], Sound](/thumblibrary/U8498282/U8498282_01_140_140_Microphone-probe-long.jpg)
![Microphone probe, short, 4008308 [U8498307], Sound](/thumblibrary/U8498307/U8498307_01_140_140_Microphone-probe-short.jpg)
![Kundt's Tube E, 1017339 [U8498308], Sound](/thumblibrary/U8498308/U8498308_01_140_140_Kundts-Tube-E.jpg)
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