Heat engine (M), comprising a high-performance low-temperature
Stirling engine with a pressure chamber formed by at least one housing part (1A, 2A, 1A-2A), which is pressure-tight from the environment and filled with a
working fluid (FL), and which delivers mechanical power on a hot side (HS) by external heat input at a higher temperature and on a
cold side (KS) by external heat dissipation at a lower temperature compared to the higher temperature, wherein the at least one pressure chamber is divided into
two fluid-tight and pressure-tight working chambers by periodically movable pistons (3, 4), wherein the working chambers are separated from each other on the fluid side by the pistons (3, 4) and are operatively connected on the pressure side via the pistons (3, 4), wherein one of the pistons (3, 4) on the hot side (HS) is heated by the external heat input relative to the other
piston (3, 4) located on the
cold side (KS).4) is brought to a higher temperature or kept at a higher temperature, and the other
piston (3, 4) arranged on the
cold side (KS) is kept at a lower temperature or brought to a lower temperature relative to the
piston (3, 4) arranged on the hot side (HS), wherein the pressure fluctuations generated in the working chambers periodically act on the movable pistons (3, 4) which are operatively connected to eccentric shafts (5, 6) having eccentrics (5A, 6A), wherein the eccentric shafts (5, 6) are arranged parallel to each other with respect to their longitudinal axes (5B, 6B), characterized in that an eccentric center (5C, 6C) of the eccentric (5A, 6A) of one eccentric shaft (5, 6) forms a predetermined angular offset (V) relative to the other eccentric shaft (5, 6), wherein the angular offset (V) between the eccentric centers (5C, 6C) the eccentric (5A, 6A) and the centers of the longitudinal axes (5B,6B) the one eccentric wave (5, 6) is formed relative to the other.