Cruisers & Sailing Forums - View Single Post

GordMay · 13-02-2008, 02:40

Cowboy:
Thanks for the link.
My quick review, earlier this week, of the Global Cooling website you linked, did not indicate any applications of the Stirling Cooler larger than about 1 cubic foot (30 litre) capacity.

Apparently, Global Cooling (and others) are working on a 270 litre (9.5 Cu. Ft.) Unit, as described in their research paper:
RECENT ADVANCES IN STIRLING CYCLE REFRIGERATION
by D.M.BERCHOWITZ, D. KIIKKA ,and B.D.MENNINK (Global Cooling & Sunpower)
http://www.globalcooling.com/pdfs/10_recentadvances.pdf

As I previously requested, I’d be very interested to learn of any commercially available Stirling Cycle units, suitable for practical use in cruising boat refrigerators (not small portable coolers).

13-02-2008, 02:40	#18
GordMay Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 12,582	Cowboy: Thanks for the link. My quick review, earlier this week, of the Global Cooling website you linked, did not indicate any applications of the Stirling Cooler larger than about 1 cubic foot (30 litre) capacity. Apparently, Global Cooling (and others) are working on a 270 litre (9.5 Cu. Ft.) Unit, as described in their research paper: RECENT ADVANCES IN STIRLING CYCLE REFRIGERATION by D.M.BERCHOWITZ, D. KIIKKA ,and B.D.MENNINK (Global Cooling & Sunpower) http://www.globalcooling.com/pdfs/10_recentadvances.pdf As I previously requested, I’d be very interested to learn of any commercially available Stirling Cycle units, suitable for practical use in cruising boat refrigerators (not small portable coolers). __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"