150W Stirling Engine?

Better balance = less vibration and noise. (In effect it is 2-stroke, so the two pistons can be 180-degrees out of phase and so can the displacers).

See "Philips Technical Review" for the full story of the development of their version of a Stirling engine that could power a lorry. They also ran them in reverse to make air-liquefying machines.

Don't care about vibration and noise for emergency, or running it when i am not around.

Links? Actually, i am going to feed it with vaporizing liquid (70% sanitizer). I got a few gallons to burn/dispose, which were obtained when it was HOT item back in the Covid days.

Thanks.

I ordered this

, which has integrated generator and look more solid in one piece. Just wondering how many Watts can i get out of a gallon of alcohol.

Officer: i am not drinking in the car, it's for the car.

milliwatts until it wears out and falls apart, it is a toy to show how a sterling engine works, not make any kind of usable power

Yeah, most of them don't spec the output, except for my first link. If it's 150W LED, then it's probably 20W output. 5W to 10W for this would be fine. I just need a few seconds to jump start the 100W power relay, after charging for a few minutes.

buy a box of AA batteries

I got boxes of 18650s, but sometimes nowhere to charge them. The sterling engine is probably lighter and take up less space.

the sterling engine is heavier takes up more space, needs fuel making it even more heavy take up even more space , and in the end it isn't going to make any usable power

If the concept work, i might 3D print disposable models. It might work with plastic vapor engine. I want to burn/rid of the fuel anyway, instead of dumping them in the drain.

I'm sure even Rube Goldberg would find it too silly

Depending on the weight/energy ratio, which is the most important factor. I'll check when i get it in two weeks, but it doesn't look too heavy. The main frame could be plastic, instead of metal. There's not much high temp or pressure.

An AA battery is few Wh and 23gram

not much high temp or pressure, so very inefficient and very little power.

Very wasteful in manufacturing and dispose.

150W input, perhaps 2 x 75W alcohol burners.

They have a LED bulb in the picture (not sure if included). Typical LED bulb input is 20W.

I got 70% alcohol. Need to further distill to 90% or burn from heated vapor.

70% might be safer to store than 90%.

That's assuming you have stationary electricity source.

Those are chinese watts. If you get 10w out you'll have done remarkably well.

Yes, 10W or 150W are still meaningless. What i want to know is how many W per gallon of fuel? For instance, we can usually get 5kwhr to 10kwhr per gallon of gasoline in ICE.