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Re: 2020 Chicagoland Meet - 1 year ago

Sorry to hear that. Not surprised though. Maybe 2021 will be better.

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Electric batch boiler - 1 year ago

So I presented the following to all the automakers: 1). Replace iron-block ICE engines with iron-block STEAM engines in all current cars, which will make that "Green Transition" they speak of take just a few weeks and very little money (compared to Years and Billions for a full transition to EV platforms and powertrains) 2). Bundle each car with a home solar PV array (100kWh). C

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Compression - 2 years ago

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. That will make quite a difference to the research I'm doing. Love the blue Stanley! Almost all the ones I see are red for some reason lol Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Compression - 2 years ago

SSsssteamer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reverse braking in a steam car is really just the > compressing of atmospheric air by the steam > engine. So you shut off the steam and let the engine become a pump. since well, you don't have a choice because the engine is directly connected to the axle. And then you send the hot air somewhere to do so

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Compression - 2 years ago

SSsssteamer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- We use reverse braking with our > Stanley steamers. With that, atmospheric air is > being compressed for braking with heat resulting. Thanks for your input, I have never heard of "reverse braking" sounds pretty interesting. I know about "regenerative braking" for battery cars, but fo

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Compression - 2 years ago

Thanks Ken. I find it most absurd that we can start with room temperature/pressure water .... turn it into steam with a small campfire..... and then require ENORMOUS energy to turn that steam back into water. But then turning steam into water is a steam engine's job lol

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Steam Compression - 2 years ago

Maybe a thermodynamic guy can answer this question: 10 lbs of liquid water occupies 0.0045 m3 of space. Boiling that water (superheating it) would make it expand and occupy 7.65 m3 of space. Since the steam is now a gas, could it not be compressed (mechanically) to make it occupy a lot less space for transport or storage? It expanded 1700X from water, couldn't it be re-compressed say

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Fireless Locos - 2 years ago

Thanks Mike Clark and Frustrated, the points you both brought up put things into perspective. I've been watching video of fireless locos doing their jobs in various parts of Europe (getting rarer by the day) and I just wondered why someone couldn't make a car that used stored steam instead of a boiler. Obviously there would have to be a boiler at the owner's home, but that would be stationary

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Fireless Locos - 2 years ago

That's kind of how I took it to read. Thanks for your additional explanation. But.... how on earth would a 30-ton fireless loco pulling a few rail cars get by with only 308 HP ? I've seen them pulling around 10-15 cars, which would weigh 200 tons empty! In the trucking world, I can move a 40-ton max weight rig with 300 absolute minimum HP (500HP preferred), but it would move quite slowly

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Land of Evangeline route the Yarmouth line 1894 - 2 years ago

Wow that is one heck of a document! I read the whole thing, what a trip back through time! Thanks for sharing it. -KyleB

by kyleborg - Steamboats

Fireless Locos - 2 years ago

Hi guys, Hope everyone is well during this crazy Covid time! I'm just doing some research on Fireless (stored/accumulated steam) locos, and this bit of information has me tied. Can someone help me figure out what this means? Dr. Gilli of Henschel of Germany designed fireless steam locomotives with accumulators that initially held saturated water at over 1,000-psia at 545-deg F (69-b

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Funding - 2 years ago

Hey Jeremy that's a cool Forum. I would share that all over Facebook if I actually had anyone to see my posts lol Oh but I can share it on LinkedIn. Lots of energy-related Contacts. Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Steam Powered Tank - 2 years ago

The images aren't available (today). I was hoping to see a steam tank. That would be cool.

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Funding - 2 years ago

Hi Frustrated, Jeez wow, you put in a lot of work to reply to my 3 cents. Erm well my boiler doesn't work that way. We're comparing apples to Nike shoes. I built the boiler and tested it last year. Stupid me I should have kept the whole thing and donated it to Tom's shop, since he has a museum of everything ever made lol. But after the compressor blew up on the 4th test I decided I was don

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Funding - 2 years ago

Hi all, I thought I would throw in my useless 3 cents of useless information here. Jeremy I've looked over your work, and it's quite impressive. Several paths you have gone down have never been considered by anyone before. It's good work. And that should be worth something, right? Myself, I invented a supercritical boiler for powerplants that uses half the fuel. Would be great, t

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Traditional Walking Beam Sidewheeler - 2 years ago

That's a super neat boat. Thanks for sharing!

by kyleborg - Steamboats

Re: 4 cycle Flash Steam Engine - 3 years ago

Hi Jeremy, Really enjoy your work. Interested in those injectors you're developing. I've been trying to reach you, please give me a call at ***-***-*** Thank you Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: SPREADSHEETS - 3 years ago

Just what I needed. Thanks for sharing!

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Quote: "The blueprints are paper and the CNC lathe runs off a digital data file. I wouldn't have the first clue how to convert one into the other. Any ideas?" Not sure what you mean exactly. There are prints and G-code (digital data?) for the same parts? I really only need the drawings of the parts - and the castings of course. Hi Ron, I meant that I have paper bluepr

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Hi Ron, I estimate that 80% of the job will be machining the Mounster cylinder head casting to blueprint specs. Tom K has both the heads and the blueprints. The blueprints are paper and the CNC lathe runs off a digital data file. I wouldn't have the first clue how to convert one into the other. Any ideas? - Kyle IronChief Wrote: ------------------------------------------------

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

IronChief Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kyle, > > I'm in Detroit. Let me know. > > -Ron Hi Ron, I should have all my raw materials by the end of the month so I'll give you a shout when I'm ready to go. - Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Hi Rick, thanks for the info. I intend to be at the Mini Meet. Hopefully I'll get my engine built before then. - Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Isentropic formula for expansion/compression - 3 years ago

Hi Jeremy, I'd love to get my hands on some of those injector valves when they're ready. I've followed your project for a while, and as always I wish you luck - Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Hey Ron, could you give me an idea whereabouts you are located? I have 4 addresses - in TX, AR, KY and MT. I'm acquiring raw materials and I think it would be best if I had them shipped to the address of mine that is nearest to you so I have less re-shipping to do. Cheers, Kyle B

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Jeremy thank you. You can bet I'll have more questions, you guys are much more knowledgeable than me. I plan on being at the Spring meet in March, I'll bring my questions with me Cheers - Kyle B

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Ron thanks for the reply. I won't be building a boiler, those things are a mystery to me. Most of the work is just the Mounster cylinder head. I'm trying to get a set of castings from Tom K but he's been too busy to mess with me lol Let's keep in touch - Kyle B

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Thanks for the info Jeremy. But I don't quite understand the meaning of it. Perhaps you mean any old shop can machine something, but making it all work really falls to 1). the designer and 2). the operator. ??? I guess I would be considered the designer and operator. So I just need to find a competent machinist.

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

I have the Mounster blueprints (from the SACA archives) for the steam cylinder/head. There isn't much to do other than those things. And, I'd much rather have an experienced steam club person do the machining, rather than some super high tech machine shop that doesn't know the first thing about steam.

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Calling all machinists - 3 years ago

Who has a machine shop (and time and skill) to help me with a project? I've got $5,000 I can pay someone to start. The long-winded description is below, email me if you are interested. kyleborghini@gmail.com Pressure vessel (13 lbs steam storage). Comprises: 7" OD / 4" ID stainless steel pipe, capped/plugged at both ends. Length about 2 feet. Not much machining required b

by kyleborg - SteamStuff

Re: Brand new Mason 70 - 3 years ago

Nice work Ron! - Kyle

by kyleborg - SteamStuff