Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Haruki Cho

Yuta Kurosawa

Shun Miyabayashi

Tsuneo Endo

A Stirling machine including: a heat exchanger; an expansion chamber; and a compression chamber, in which the Stirling machine is configured to perform a Stirling cycle to convert heat into mechanical power, a heater of the heat exchanger includes a first flow channel configured to allow a working fluid to flow therethrough, and a second flow channel configured to allow a first fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, a fluid introduction chamber for introducing the first fluid into the second flow channel is provided on an outer side of the expansion chamber, and a partition wall between the expansion chamber and the fluid introduction chamber is provided with a plurality of grooves on an expansion chamber side and/or a fluid introduction chamber side.

Stirling machine and method for manufacturing stirling machine

A heat exchanger for a Stirling machine that includes an expansion chamber and a compression chamber, the heat exchanger including: a heater; a regenerator; and a cooler, in which the heater includes a first flow channel communicating with the expansion chamber and the regenerator and configured to a working fluid to flow therethrough, and a second flow channel configured to allow a first fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, the cooler includes a third flow channel communicating with the compression chamber and the regenerator and configured to flow the working fluid to flow therethrough, and a fourth flow channel configured to flow a second fluid for exchanging heat with the working fluid to flow therethrough, and the heater, the regenerator, and the cooler are continuously connected to each other in series in a flow direction of the working fluid, provided in one piece.

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Saitama, Japan

Haruki Cho