Stirling Engines in Swedish Gotland Class Subs

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There's a really interesting program on the Discovery Channel tonight called "Submarine: Hidden Hunter," which shows Stirling engines being used for propulsion on Sweden's Gotland Class submarines. The subs can stay submerged for up to a month with a liquid oxygen supply. Pretty cool to see an actual large-scale application of Stirlings.

Here's a site that discusses the subs: http://www.kockums.se/Submarines/gotland.html

This page discusses the Stirlings:
http://www.kockums.se/Submarines/aipstirling.html

The program will run again tonight at 11pm EDT.

http://dsc.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=24932&gid=0







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