The History of Hot Air Engines

Contents

• Preface 
• The hot-air drive in the 2nd century before the Christian era. 
• The requirement of portable power during the Industrial Revolution, Stirling, Ericsson, Rider, Lehmann, Buschbaum and others. 
• The electricity need in remote areas, the Philips idea 1937 - 1979 
• The Stirling-renaissance, Sun-driven, Combined Heat and Power 
• Stirling, the air-independent motor, AISP 
• Different thermic principles, Motors, Refrigerators, Heatpumps 
• The Stirling-refrigerator, Windhausen, Philips, AIM 
• Different working-mediums, air, gas, water, metals 
• The hot-air motor as toy, investment or speculation? 
• The function of the Stirling motor 
• Construction types, Stirling, Ericsson, Ringbom, Freikolben, Rupp, Vacuum-motor. 
• The rulers of the game for the model constructor: The hot-air engine 
• Epilogue 
• Sources