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Sefton Motors Releases "The Melvin"
Read more →Our latest engine, provides higher power output at lower costs. Check out our update that goes into the details of our new version, The Melvin ! You tube video update: https://youtu.be/ZsYGZzr-IDw Higher operating temperature -600 to 1200 F Higher output power - 250 to 1200Watts Integrated pressurization Available water jacket for combined heating and power.
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Spring Update for Sefton Motors - Get Hot and Run !
Read more →Here is a short video of our latest development: https://youtu.be/1XZF3gYT_QM /p>
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Engineering Society of Detroit - No Mr. Fusion, But...
Read more →Engineering Society of Detroit gave us a nice write up in their latest edition of Technology Century (April 2015). We've got a link to it here: It's No Mr. Fusion, But Sefton Motor Uses Almost Anything For Fuel Technology Century Magazine by Engineering Society of Detroit (April 2015)
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Sefton Motors Newsletter - March 2015
Read more →PDF File of Newsletter Here
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Decentralized Energy Getting Hotter With Stirling Engines
Read more →Wall Street Journal this morning (2-3-2015) had an interesting article on the latest threat to the US Power grid - Energy-Conserving Americans. Since 2004 residential electricity prices have jumped 39%. Yet, retail sales to homes and businesses are still less than they were in 2007. Customers are embracing "energy saving gizmos" and solar panels pushing down the demand for grid power. "NRG Energy is tinkering with prototype of stove-sized machines that make electricity from natural gas" ie Stirling engines. "Something the company says is likely to appeal to the roughly 50% of US homes served by gas" The...
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Sefton Motors Newsletter - November 2014
Read more →PDF copy of Newsletter here
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Building Engines As Fast As We Can !
Read more →We're going as fast as we can in building our engines. We do the majority of fabrication down at Tech Shop and then bring them back to the garage for assembly and test. This one is just about ready for testing - then shipping
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Solar Front End Design for Volo One Engine
Read more →We've completed the initial design concept for the Solar Front End of the Volo One Engine. The design focuses on improving solar energy capture by combining the engine with photovoltaic solar panels. The design is comprised of a tracking parabolic trough, lined with photovoltaic solar panels with the heat engine at the trough's focal point. The solar panels are coated with a solar film so that visible light passes through to the photovoltaic cells and longer wavelength light energy gets reflected to the engine. Here is a short video that takes you through the design. This is just...
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Sefton Motors @ Maker Faire Detroit 2014
Read more →We had a nice weekend at the Detroit Maker Faire - lots of interest in the engine. The most popular topic was the solar front end for the engine. It might of been because it was 80 degrees of hot sun on top of black asphalt !Saw and visited with some of our backers and got lots of great input and interest on the engine. Provided us some additional motivation to get more power, production volume and international reach.Thanks for all the support.Tim
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More Stirling Power Coming ! - Kamen's Engine
Read more →Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Thinks His New Stirling Engine Will Get You Off The Grid For Under $10K Check out the full article here - Very Exciting ! Forbes Article on Kamen's Stirling Engine For Power Generation “I’d say yes. Ten years from today the probability that you are depending on wires hanging on tree branches is as likely as that you’ll still be installing land lines for telephones. Close to zero.” - Dean Kamen
