1.

A hot object like a flame or warm air applies heat to one side of the Stirling engine, making one
side of the chamber hot.

2. The hot object heats the air in the cylinder. The heat causes the gas to expand and move towards
the cold end of the chamber, which is cooled by a cooler object, such as the room’s air or cold
water.

3. As the working gas moves towards the cold-end chamber, it passes through a displacer, which is
a lightweight, piston-like device that moves the gas back and forth between the hot-end and
cold-end chambers, creating pressure differences that help to drive the engine. (Formal
definition). This air will push the displacer to the cold end.

4. As the air increases in temperature, the pressure will increase, pushing the power piston
upward.

5. As the power piston moves, the crankshaft connected to the flywheel then converts the linear
motion of the piston into rotational motion that can be used to do work.

6. The crankshaft of the power piston is connected to the flywheel at an angle of 90 o to where the
displacer is connected to the flywheel.

7. Due to the 90o angle of the crankshaft on the power piston and the crankshaft on the displacer,
when the power piston moves up, it causes the displacer to move towards the hot end chamber.
This pushes the working gas towards the cold-end chamber by displacement.

8. The cold-end chamber causes the gas to contract and decreases the pressure in the gas. This
causes the power piston to move downward.

9. The power piston moving downward causes the displacer to move toward the cold end chamber.
This will push the working gas to the hot end chamber and resets the cycle.

Overall, the displacer-type, gamma Stirling engine works by using the expansion and contraction of a
working gas to drive a power piston and generate mechanical energy. The engine operates on a closed
cycle, with no internal combustion, and can be powered by a wide range of heat sources.