The invention discloses a
waste heat power generation method of a
Stirling engine, relating to a
waste heat power generation technology. A heat absorber of the
Stirling engine is arranged in a gas-collecting cavity, and the top of the heat absorber is vertical to an incoming direction of
waste heat. The waste
heat power generation method comprises the following steps:
helium or
hydrogen is filled in the heat absorber to be as an acting medium of the
Stirling engine and drives a
piston of the Stirling engine to move forth and back to generate
mechanical energy after being heated to expand, and the Stirling engine drives a power generator connected with the Stirling engine to generate power; and waste heat gas in the gas-collecting cavity heats the
helium or
hydrogen in the heat absorber and then is exhausted into environment. A device for converting the waste heat into the
mechanical energy through the Stirling engine is a special component applied to the waste
heat power generation method disclosed by the invention, and comprises the Stirling engine, heat collecting tubes, the gas-collecting cavity and the power generator. According to the waste
heat power generation method of the Stirling engine, disclosed by the invention, heat is converted to the
mechanical energy, and the mechanical energy is also converted to
electric energy, thus waste heat power generation with the advantages of compact structure, good economical efficiency, convenience for using and no need of additional heating is realized; and the conversion from low-grade waste heat to high-grade
electric energy is realized.