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Technology / Can Stirling engines be used on space craft?
« on: 26/01/2010 21:58:45 »
Solar panels are used in space because the sun is always shining. One side of the craft, facing the sun would be hotter than the other side. Can't this potential heat difference be used to run a stirling engine generator?
A Stirling engine setup would be smaller, more efficient than huge solar panels, surely?
A Stirling engine setup would be smaller, more efficient than huge solar panels, surely?