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Re: Stanley on a budget - 4 months ago
Gosh that's a beautiful engine, and a really nice buggy! Best of 2023 to you!by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Static Display - 6 months ago
Cool photos, and everything is so unique! Mr. Shay had one heck of a creative mind.by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Alternative engines - 8 months ago
I'm talking to someone right now about that very thing. I'll know within 90 days if there will be steam cars on the road again in the future. Lots of hurdles.by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: start up times - 9 months ago
Hey Rick, that is really interesting tech, I sure wish you luck with it. With regard to what can be expected from electrolysis, 1 mole of water = 6.022 x 10^23 molecules thus 12.044 x 10^23 hydrogen atoms (because H2.O) 1 gallon of water = 210 moles (2,530 x 10^23 hydrogen atoms) 1 mole of hydrogen = 6.022 x 10^23 molecules (diatomic - two atoms per molecule) so the result isby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: start up times - 10 months ago
Rick.H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Further to this concept, I would even propose to > perform High Temperature Electrolysis > > Hope this sparks some ideas. Rick, this is great! Thanks for sharing. I have a supercritical steam generator design that would need hydrogen reheat, so what better way to make the hydrogen than splitby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Assembled Vehicles - 11 months ago
It's quite possible that for a single person to build a car in their garage and place it on the road, a basic safety inspection will suffice. But if someone were to build 1000 cars and sell them anywhere, I'm sure there would be hundreds of pages of federal requirements for a "manufactured" vehicle. Kyleby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: start up times - 11 months ago
SteamPunk_Hybrid1925 And yes, batteries. About 15kwh to satisfy that "I wanna go NOW" part of human nature You'll only need maybe 2kwh (if all you want to do is drive until the steam is hot). Many hybrid cars have only 1 or 2 kwh battery and they offer about 10-20 miles of driving. My Fusion hybrid has a Li-ion battery of 1.4 kwh capacity. Kyleby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Pelland Engineering Ltd. - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Kyle, > > > For what it's worth, I am but one member of a > group of 20 (various disciplines) who are talking > to a very large investor about bringing (various > things) to market. One of those things is a steam > car to compete with electric etc. > Although COVID is a problem theseby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Pelland Engineering Ltd. - 2 years ago
The wind is out-of-my-sales now, for I have a secret desire for a steam automobile to emerge and compete with electric vehicles. And this seams to be the future with a high regard for clean engines and much talk about automakers giving up IC engines for electric, hydrogen, etc. I'll continue to keep my eyes open...wishing. For what it's worth, I am but one member of a group of 20 (variouby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Restoration Morris steam pickup converted to steam - 2 years ago
Love what you're doing, wish you lots of success!by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Ashton Valve Company - 2 years ago
Rick Ashton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was recently contacted by a man who purchased an > Ashton 3 chime whistle a few years ago. It's a > beauty and he sent me some pictures? I'm leaning > towards a steamboat whistle. What do you think? I think that is VERY cool, and the only one of its kind I've ever seen. Great piece of history!by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
Scott Finegan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but I now own a real, modern, American > muscle car. > ... Baloney > > > Definition > > The definition of muscle car is subjective and > frequently debated.[3][4] Muscle cars often have > many of the following > characteristics:[3][5][6][7][8][9][10] Did somebody sby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
frustrated Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe I should write about this, again, since I > actually work in the powertrain development > process for a major American automotive > manufacturer. > I appreciate you taking the time to share things like this. Most of us lay people have little to no idea. Definitely a lot to think about here.by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
novice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Another example of a novel drive system that > failed to be commercialized. > Australian underground rescue tractor with the > closed cycle gas turbine propulsion powerplant > based on 316 hp converted helicopter engine That's very interesting. I guess sometimes it takes more than just a good ideaby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
Hi guys, I wanted to toss something into the ring here. Steam has poor efficiency, poor weight and volume metrics, poor crash resistance, poor everything. But that doesn't matter. Because now, all over the world, everyone has thrown every bit of common sense they ever had into the trashcan in this blind effort to "save the environment". Some kind of impending extinction, or somethby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Parker Steam Collection - 2 years ago
That's quite a collection. Thanks for sharing.by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Steam Jet Drag Bike - 2 years ago
lohring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An interesting steam vehicle that uses stored > steam. > https://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/threads/m > elbourne-raceway-steam-jet-motorcycle.32404/ > > Lohring Miller Here's a video link (one of many I'm sure) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0mlpVwuHs It seems that he's using storeby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
frustrated Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This ran in the Phorum some years ago, I think > most of the current participants weren't around at > that point. The idea was to build a stationary > steam powerplant for use in places like > Africa Janicky is a familiar name. I'll look the PDF's over next time I'm sitting still. Africa and otby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
novice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There were many proposals by individuals and small > companies to mass produce steam powered passenger > vehicles. That's a lot of cool stuff to read, it will keep me busy a while! Thanks for sharing. Kyleby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Steam turbine driven turbojet - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: > > I'm curious to know if USC Coal power plant was to > use the SC Steam through their steam turbine? Yes it was designed to work directly with the SC steam turbine, and from there it would be the usual reheat and send to the IP and LP turbines. > > It don't know if I ever said this story about > being an Engineer at Teledyne CAE Teledyne would hby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Full Steam Proposal for Auto Mfrs - 2 years ago
This is a PDF file so if you're unable to read it online you can download it. Steam Proposal 2020 This is the full version of what I sent to auto manufacturers. They asked for "ideas" and gave me 1 or 2 paragraphs to explain myself so they didn't see all of this. But I thought I would share it with the group. Kyleby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Steam turbine driven turbojet - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: > Another thing is to get to super critical (SC) > steam. The pictures posted above, from my > experience, won't produce SC steam. I'm > thinking...the way to SC is to have a secondary > boiler or 2nd stage boiler that takes boiler water > and pumps it up to 3,000 PSI along with a super > heat to 700 F. Any diagrams or information on > going SC?by kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: P fired boilers - 2 years ago
DougB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- It’s true when we > changed from standard speed to full or flank speed > the supercharger sounded like my Chevelle SS. That must have been fun! I've always wished I could be in the engine room of a battleship at flank speedby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
The electric batch boiler starts by pressurizing the water to 3250psi. THEN, it heats it. It can't overheat, because the water is supercritical pressure. It can't over-pressure, because a 10-cent pressure switch controls the whole thing. As the boiler contents are being used, the compressor kicks on and keeps the system pressurized at 3250. People have spent 100 years trying to perfect boilby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Kyle, > I have high hopes for this boundary layer theory. > You'll see more on this in future threads. > > Back to your albeit thermal inertia idea, what is > your concept for regenerative braking? If not and > after these discussions, what do think could be? > > Sincerely, > Riby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
frustrated Wrote: > As Conservation of Energy would suggest, it takes > more power to generate the hydrogen than the > hydrogen itself possesses. > > Regards, > > Ken It's known that electrolyzing hydrogen from the grid is a bad idea, since you get back 1/10 of what you put into it. I'm sure that's why "Green proponents" always talk about hydrogen electrby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
Stored steam is still used in switching locomotives - there are a handful still in operation in the world. But the manner in which this "stored hot water" is translated into motion is inefficient. Less than 1% efficiency. Although when you're talking about Prevention of explosions at industrial plants, then the low efficiency level is perfectly acceptable. The way my boiler worksby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
novice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Renewable energy can be used to produce high > pressure hydrogen and oxygen from water in > ultrahigh pressure (12000 psi) electrolyzer. > Hydrogen can be stored in gaseous form in 35 > gallons 10000 psi composite tank or liquified and > stored in cryogenic tank. Hydrogen can be used > either in iby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: > > Rick's Steam Scooter > Hey Rick I think I was there that day, one thing I liked about your scooter was that .....it ran. Unlike most everything else! One thing that occurred to me a long time ago, looking at every steam system in the world, industrial, mechanical, mobile, cars, trains, boats, EVERYTHING .... was that they all had highly complex boilersby kyleborg - SteamStuff
Re: Electric batch boiler - 2 years ago
Rick.H Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kyle, > I see some real genius in your idea. There is a > late development in tank-less water heaters that > might make your device work better. Here is the > link: > IR Tankless Water > Heater > Hi Rick, My idea didn't go into a lot of detail because I wanted to throw the concept out tby kyleborg - SteamStuff