Solar Powered Stirling Generator Stirling Engine Piston Chamber Working fluid Crankshaft Seal Generator Input/output shaft Motor Power conditioning Battery USB output Parabolic Mirror Mounting structure Many Small Mirrors Mount Mirror attachment place Engine and generator attachment place Base Physical Decomposition
Power small electronics with solar energy Control/regulate electricity Store electricity in a battery Output to USB Motor soft start Collect solar energy Focus sunlight to produce a heat source Convert solar energy to electricity power a stirling engine Heat the warm side of a stirling engine Seal working fluid in chamber Convert vertical motion to rotational motion Convert rotational motion to electricity Functional Decomposition
Beta Type Stirling Engine Parabolic Mirror Beta Type Stirling Engine Crank Shaft and Gearing Stepper Motor Power Conditioning Battery Charge Circuit USB Output 5V 10W Soft start Mechanism Temp sensor with comparator Stepper Driver Chip Arduino with temp sensor Power FETs Proposed design
Solar Powered Stirling Generator Stirling Engine (Bryan, Mike, Will) Cylinder (Bryan) Power Piston (Bryan) Displacer Piston (Bryan) Heat Sink (Mike) Rods and Linkages (Mike) Seals (Bryan) Generator (Phil) Motor Power conditioning Battery Charge Circuit USB output Parabolic Mirror (Will, Bryan, Mike) Mounting structure (Will) Mirror attachment place Engine and generator attachment place Base Many Small Mirrors (Will) Work Breakdown Structure