[pistonhead76]

Hey everyone. I have a lot of downtime at work and watched a bunch of videos on the Stirling engine. This thing is quite interesting. I googled it and there have been some commercial applications but mostly home experiments. I had an idea which Im sure is not original. If you had a lightweight rwd vehicle with a parallel hybrid drivetrain (small diesel engine, trans, elec motor, rear axle) you could plumb a large stirling engine into the exhaust stream. Obviously taking necessary steps to keep the heat in the exhaust pipe via wraps and insulation and having the head of the engine directly in the hot exhaust gas stream. The stirling would be connected to a gen head which would charge the batteries. Im wondering if recapturing this waste heat in this matter would be worth it. This would probably have to be a small truck with the gen setup in the bed. Thoughts please.