Recommended Ages: 12 Years and Up

Discover the Stirling engine, a simple, clean and efficient energy technology that is quickly becoming a viable source of electricity as the availability of fossil fuels declines. Like a steam engine, a Stirling engine is a heat engine that converts heat energy into mechanical work, usually to drive a generator that then converts the mechanical energy into electricity. Stirling engines are highly efficient, can operate very quietly, and can use many different sources of heat: combustion of fuels, nuclear fission, geothermal, or solar heat, as this model uses.

• Exciting experiment kit teaches young scientists the fundamentals of physics, chemistry, solar power and how engines work
• An innovative front-mounted Stirling engine with integrated generator produces electrical power
• The Stirling engine can be heated with solar energy by using the parabolic mirror, or it can be heated with an alcohol burner
• The home-made electricity is stored in a battery and used to drive the included electric car (battery not included)
• The built-in meter can be used to take a reading of the electricity you have produced
• The kit includes the charging station with a beta type Stirling engine, the electric car, and an educational, full-color 32-page manual

To learn more, view some sample pages of the manual

Shipping Note: Eligible for shipping to all 50 states

Warranty: 90 Day Woot Limited Warranty