Ivo Kolin Explained

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.[3] The engine was later significantly improved by an American engineer James Senft building on his previous work with Ringbom Stirling engines.[4] Senft created an ultra LTD Ringbom Stirling engine which ran at the temperature difference of just 0.5 °C.[5] 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ivokolin.com/info/biography Biography at ivokolin.com
  2. Hind El Hassani . N. Boutammachte . M. Hannaoui . Study of some power influencing parameters of solar low temperature Stirling engine . European Journal of Sustainable Development . 2014 . 3 . 2 . 109–118 . 10.14207/ejsd.2014.v3n2p109 . free .
  3. G. Aragon-González . M. Cano-Blanco . M. Cano-Blanco . A. León-Galicia . Developing and testing low cost LTD Stirling engines . Revista Mexicana de Física S . 2013 . 59 . 1 . 199–203.
  4. Hind El Hassani . N. Boutammachte . J. Knorr . M. El. Hannoui . Study of a low-temperature Stirling engine driven by a rhombic drive mechanism . International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering . 2013 . 4 . 40 . 10.1186/2251-6832-4-40. 110131012 . free .
  5. News: Caleb C. Lloyd . A low temperature differential Stirling engine for power generation . A master's thesis, University of Canterbury, New Zealand . 2009 .
  6. B. Kongtragool . S. Wongwises . A review of solar-powered Stirling engines and low temperature differential Stirling engines . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . 2003 . 7 . 2 . 131–154 . 10.1016/S1364-0321(02)00053-9.

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