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On a similar principle, the Stirling engine, which has been in existence for two centuries, carries out heat transfer within the cylinders; the idea here is to transfer heat as the gas passes from one cylinder to another. During its cycle, the engine undergoes a compression and an expansion, interspersed with phases of heat exchange that are ideally isobaric. The valves determine the direction of flow through the heat exchangers. Between the end of compression and the start of expansion, all of the gas passes through the hot heat exchanger. During expansion and until the start of compression, all of the gas passes through the cold heat exchanger.