I made a good deal of progress today with the engine. I decided to bring in my own drill in order to do some trivial tasks that were taking too long for to be done by others. I mounted the header tank board to the diesel engine frame and I also mounted the coolant pump to the wall. The header tanks are now secure on top of the diesel engine frame and reasonably well isolated from the Stirling engine.
Exhaust duct in place and header tanks filled and mounted on the secured board
I also spent a good deal of time connecting the new radiator fittings and reinstating the radiator and associated plumbing. As mentioned in the previous blog, I incorporated a drain valve into the system which greatly simplifies draining the whole system.
New valves on the radiator. Note the drain valve on the right hand line of the radiator
After troubleshooting all of the plumbing and bleeding both the coolant and fuel lines of air I proceeded to test fire the engine for a short 10 minute run. It is not possible to run for any longer than this as the heat dump quickly saturates. The engine ran smoothly with no errors. I logged a portion of this data which will be discussed in a later blog.
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