COOLER OF STERLING ENGINE AND STERLING ENGINE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooler of a sterling engine capable of absorbing an influence of thermal deformation occurring in the fixed heater, while suitably preventing or suppressing thermal stress from remaining in a heater after thermal expansion, and a sterling engine equipped with the cooler.;SOLUTION: A cooler 45A is configured such that, in a sterling engine 10A, a first flange portion 452 constituting one end portion is fixed at another end portion of a regenerator 46, and a second flange portion 453 constituting another end portion is fixed at another end portion of a low-temperature side cylinder 30. The cooler 45A is provided with deformable structure in a thermal deformation direction of a heater 47. More specifically, the cooler 45A has a multi-tube structure provided with a plurality of working gas pipings 451 that allows working fluid of the sterling engine 10A to circulate therethrough.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT