Ivo Kolin

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Ivo Kolin (1924, Zagreb - 2007, Zagreb) was a Croatian economist, engineer and inventor. [1]

After years of experimentation he demonstrated in 1983 the first Low Temperature Difference (LTD) Stirling engine which ran at the temperature difference as low as 15 °C, astonishingly low at the time. [2] It was also the first time in history of piston motors heat was turned into a mechanical work at the temperature lower than the boiling water.[ citation needed ] [3] The engine was later significantly improved by an American engineer James Senft building on his previous work with Ringbom Stirling engines. [i] [5] Senft created an ultra LTD Ringbom Stirling engine which ran at the temperature difference of just 0.5 °C. [6] [7] Such engines, which could even run from heat absorbed while resting on the palm of a human hand, offer many applications, such as Solar Powered Stirling Engines. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Ringbom Stirling engine was patented in 1904 by the Finn Ossian Ringbom. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Biography at ivokolin.com Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Hind El Hassani; N. Boutammachte; M. Hannaoui (2014). "Study of some power influencing parameters of solar low temperature Stirling engine". European Journal of Sustainable Development. 3 (2): 109–118. doi: 10.14207/ejsd.2014.v3n2p109 .
  3. ↑ G. Aragon-González; M. Cano-Blanco; M. Cano-Blanco; A. León-Galicia (2013). "Developing and testing low cost LTD Stirling engines". Revista Mexicana de Física S. 59 (1): 199–203.
  4. ↑ US 856102, Ossian Ringbom,"Hot-air engine",issued 4 June 1907
  5. ↑ Hind El Hassani; N. Boutammachte; J. Knorr; M. El. Hannoui (2013). "Study of a low-temperature Stirling engine driven by a rhombic drive mechanism". International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. 4: 40. doi: 10.1186/2251-6832-4-40 . S2CID   110131012.
  6. ↑ Caleb C. Lloyd (2009). "A low temperature differential Stirling engine for power generation" (PDF). A master's thesis, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  7. ↑ "Kontax Stirling & Stove Fan Engines - Stirling History". stirlingengine.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  8. ↑ B. Kongtragool; S. Wongwises (2003). "A review of solar-powered Stirling engines and low temperature differential Stirling engines". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 7 (2): 131–154. doi:10.1016/S1364-0321(02)00053-9.
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