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First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 1:11:04 PM

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Here you go Term. Simple huh?

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 3:35:33 PM

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The picture is kind of small. Closed system ?

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 3:45:13 PM

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The picture is kind of small. Closed system ?

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No, not closed. I wouldn't mind building a closed system but of course that's a bit more complicated and I have about 2 or 3 months left. Maybe after I get there.

This is my initial attempt I was talking about on an old thread. I'm going to buy a larger, used, combustion engine and components for a larger scale build soon.

I also need to begin on the ORC system I talked about as well. I may, if everything works out, take an extra month here after I close my business to work on all of that, so I'll have plenty of time and no hindrances.

We'll see.

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 3:54:58 PM

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The closed system should be a piece of cake in cold weather, just pump the exhaust into a vessel outside. IIRC you are going somewhere quite far north correct ?

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 4:01:52 PM

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The closed system should be a piece of cake in cold weather, just pump the exhaust into a vessel outside. IIRC you are going somewhere quite far north correct ?

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I said a bit more complicated, not impossible but not a piece of cake either. You'll have to figure out what the right size for the condenser will be so that it works in the widest range of weather. Time, money and so on.

And yes, far up north.

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 5:02:41 PM

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Out of curiousity, what is the average temperature range there ?

And it is curiousity because it only affects certain things. The optimum size of the condensing vessel is of course; as large as is practical.

Actually it doesn't seem so on the surface of this, but being in an area where it is easy to dissipate heat all that time is advantageous in that you only have to optimize it for one "direction". Here in Ohio we seem to have the worst of both worlds. This because [delta] thermal energy is what produces power. Here, the process would have to reverse, actually more than twice a year.

(On a side note, I would really like to fix this OS so I can use scientific symbols easily, like delta, omega, foreign currency symbols etc. without resorting to character map. Like mathematicians and scientists, I am lazy. I know a few of the Alt+0XXX codes like ¼, ½, ¾ and ¿, but I am too lazy to go through all 10,000 of them.)

The [delta] factor is at the root of anything. Electrical charge as well as making money - to wit : buy low sell high. When you strip away terminology, it makes sense. Terminology screws it all up. Like the term "swamp cooler" used for evaporative air conditioning. It's not going to work well in 99% relative humidity. It should be called a desert cooler. However that is screwed up as well, because the polar regions are largely scientifically classified as deserts. Go figure.

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RE: First Steam Engine Conversion - 6/25/2011 5:20:51 PM

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Out of curiousity, what is the average temperature range there ?

From 80 to -60 throughout a yearly cycle. It depends on where you are in Alaska though.

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