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Connor Speer



cspeer@ualberta.ca
Graduate
BSc in Mechanical Engineering (2015)
Stirling Engine

Research Interests: Stirling Engine Design Experimental Testing Energy Conversion Mathematical Modelling Heat Transfer Manufacturing


My earlier work focused on the development of a gamma-type Stirling engine for use in a solar energy conversion system. This included component design, drafting, prototype manufacturing, assembly, and commissioning tests. I am now developing Stirling engines as a means of converting low grade heat sources into electricity. By experimentally testing the high temperature gamma engine, I am developing instrumentation, and validating models, that will be used to design and build low temperature difference engines.


Machined Components of the High Temperature Gamma Engine

Liquid Nitrogen Shrink Fit for Gamma Engine Heater Head