Abstract
The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, and the earthquake disaster cut off gas, electricity and running water in areas of Tohoku region. In the area damaged by the disaster, residents are aiming at self-sufficiency in regards to energy use by renewable energy in public offices etc. In this background, we focus on a Stirling engine in which high-efficient power generation is theoretically possible in low temperature difference. Further we proposed a unique home co-generation system by the practical free piston Stirling engine that use wood pellet fuels. Students in our laboratory have challenged to experiment the performance test of the system. In this report, we introduce the mechanism of this system and the results of the basic performance tests. Finally, the practicability of the home co-generation system are reported. We tackled the engineering education of energy and environment using the constructed co-generation system with the practical Stirling engine. These processes are just the aim of engineering education.
