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Steam Machine
Добавлен 26 июн 2017
Small steam power
Steam Powered Trike
Initial test of steam powered trike using live steam from a “fireless” boiler....600 deg F saturated water from a fired boiler is stored in a high pressure, insulated vessel. When the pressure drops from opening the throttle valve, the saturated water instantly boils and provides steam to the engine...albeit for a relatively short period of time. Eventually steam will be generated by a forced circulated LaMont type system already in development. Stay tuned...
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Turbo LaMont: water turbine and pump test
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First test of a turbine driven, forced recirculation steam generator system using the incoming and outgoing fluid movement in a drum to drive a centrifugal pump, eliminating the need for an external motor and a high pressure / high temperature pump seal. While not a true “LaMont” in design, it shares the same forced recirculating principle for a high pressure, fast performing steam generator in...
Final test of gasoline burner system
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Final test of gasoline burner system
Steam powered mini chopper...almost completed
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All major parts are installed, just needs a few tweaks and she we be ready to ride!
Steam Mini Chopper forced recirculating test
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Test of Steam Mini Chopper using a single pump for feedwater AND forced recirculation, controlled by one ball valve.
Steam mini bike pump and flow control test
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Successful test of engine driven feedwater pump and flow control. Sustained a steady flow of steam using gravity fed water tank, with modified check valve and revamped pump assembly.
Steam mini bike pump test
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Live steam test of engine driven feedwater pump for steam powered mini bike project.
Predator 212 conversion live steam test
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Live steam test of Predator 212 engine conversion for mini bike project. Correction: I mention using a “Scottish” yoke in the video....it is supposed to be a “Scotch” yoke. It was late at night when I edited the video and didn’t catch the error until after it was posted. Will edit it to the correct term and repost the video at some point.
Predator 212 engine converted to steam...air test
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Converted a brand new Harbor Freight Predator 212cc engine to run on steam for a mini bike. This is the first test....using compressed air.
Steam powered bike generator test (540 psi)
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Steam powered bike generator test (540 psi)
Bill Ryan's presentation on his HotHead system
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Bill Ryan's presentation on his HotHead system
Steam lawn tractor engine and condenser test on 800 psi
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Steam lawn tractor engine and condenser test on 800 psi
Briggs and Stratton converted to uniflow steam engine
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Briggs and Stratton converted to uniflow steam engine
hi nice video, i did exakt same on my lawnmower steam but after exploring steam engine theory in years i concluded that this is not practical at all. an steam engine even homemade need a sideways actuated camshaft with different lobes for different cutoff, say 10, 20 30 and 40% intake of the stroke in other words that can be shiftet sideways. if the intake steam just expand 180 degrees for the fuul stroke until exhaust open it wont expand at all= 0 % efficiency, steam need expand AT LEAST 4/5 of the stroke so the steam should be cut off after 20% of the stroke but even 1/5 of inlet open is leading to very poor efficiency under 5%, it should only expand for 1/10s of the stroke NOT more. longer inlet with steam before cut of is only need under heavy temporary loads/startup. sure u can use only on lobe for one cutoff setting say 15 % cutoff but then u cant vary the power. Even at 1/10 cutoff reaching of efficiency is hard around 8-10 % if proper conditions with uniflow with exhaust ports not more than 1/10 of the stroke. the key is high steampressure. Then u will get good power even with minor inlet openings but the steam need to expand very much, often a compaund uniflow is needed for those that are serious. im building my own steam car in very soon. a compaund uniflow. its a rebuilt honta VTX 1800 cc chopper engine. in V-2 formationit will be a boxer cvariant, one side is high pressure cyl and the other a very big piston. tripple the with in size to let the incoming steam expand. down to vacum with a vacum pump. with a monotube boiler. it will run on wood and waste oil/cooking oil burner. with a monotube boiler steam gets up to pressure in just minuits :) but for now im also up to build a lawnmover 13hp engine converted to steam that will power a little electric grid or moped. but it will ha a camshaft actuated sideways with different cutoffs. u cant build a serious steam engine without variabel cutoff. the engine will be released here on youtube in some years
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i find valve overlap is a big problem--great vid
I’m just getting into steam power, and I’ve always wanted to make a steam powered go-kart. After seeing now big yours was it discouraged me, but this trike seem like something I could pull off.
Great job
With today's technology, i don't see why we don't have steam powered vehicles. It wouldn't be to difficult to use a rapid heating element to heat the water and produce steam, and a regular alternator to keep the car battery charged as always.
Let's fix it
espresso machine boilers. Produce steam in a matter of minutes.
or used cooking oil powered vehicles. i heard those are already possible. of course, people are told to be aware that the smell of food will be all over the place.
You could run it on CO2. Because CO2 can be compressed to a liquid, the range would be better than using compressed air and safer than steam.
heavier flywheel helps
Efficient one-pipe boiler. although it's easier to use my own gas engine..but I'm still interested in steam
If you drill 2 holes on the side of the cylinder at the bottom of the stroke to remove spent steam it will work better.
Yes, you can't see the car while driving, so it doesn't work in practice.
"cold" water gravity fed straight to something like a monotube boiler then straight to the engine? Im an engineer and I feel nerdy
Perhaps put some sort of jacket around cylinder to insulate it instead of all the work and unsightly appearance of removed fins....?
Looks safe
Now, take out the water and replace it with propane.
"adjusting fuel pressure for burner" never heard that term before. Can you explain what that is?
This looks pretty good, your go-cart was frightening!
can this be used as a commercial stove with some modifications? thanks much
What's a fireless boiler some kind of gas or electric boiler? Also is it a monotube?
As pressure drops it boils like the steam equivalent of a battery
How does throttle work. Steam inlet or burner throttle
Could we have more info? like your boiler plans, and how long it lasts?
I'll be experimenting with these very soon. I'm thinking of going with thin stainless steel tank, turned on its side. Then, using energy conversion to transfer the steam pressure in shifted gears. I may try a heating element and might use an inner plate to increase the pressure of the steam. (Carefully) For anyone reading, working with steam can be deadly under certain conditions.
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You speak like youre from a different century
@@thedoubleboiler6971 how's that going so far?
Weight to horsepower ratio problem
I'd recommend replacing all bearings with sealed bearing. No moisture issues to deal with. If you could find an old turbo off a car, and hook it up to the exhaust to create a suction you'd have a better system. The old aircraft carrier uniflow steam engines used 27 lbs of suction on the exhaust, and 440 psi steam. The suction probably stopped the ring bipass by a huge amount. So your not losing power by compression of the remaining steam in the cylinder. The were running a skimmer style with compression on both sides. You can't do that with a briggs single side. You could change to a bash value design with a little machine work. Not sure it's worth the trouble, but you have less moving parts.
What's the reason for a condenser? Are you trying to make a closed system where you don't need as much new water?
ill just walk
A manual transmission would be ideal
2 double acting pistons and no transmission would be ideal for steam... anything else is adding complexity in the wrong places.
I don't believe that's 800 psi 100 hp case tractor only runs at 150 psi
The guy running the steam generator (Bob Edwards) is a nuclear physicist who worked at the Oak Ridge research facility and contributed to the Huntsville Space program for NASA. There are components he created that are literally on the moon right now. He knows what he’s doing, but it’s possible a sensor could have malfunctioned...not uncommon when dealing with 800+ deg f temperatures. It seemed like it was running at a somewhat lower pressure...more like around 500 psi, which was the working pressure of the lawn tractor’s boiler before it blew and it ran the engine at a similar pace. The old steam tractors did indeed run at around 150-200 psi and relied on much larger bore pistons to extract the power needed from the relatively lower pressures. The Doble steam car ran at around 1,500 psi pressure and was considered one of the fastest automobiles on the road during that time period.
im to big fan of steam, with uniflow compaund example as yours but plus with a very huge compaund cylidner steaming down to 0.1 bar with condensing vaacum with 5-10% cut off on the high pressure first cylinder its abl to reach 20-25% efficiency, as an car engine :) thats my big future project for my steam car. 1 i know converted a 5 liter bus engine to multiple uniflow, it reached 500hp at fuull trottle and spinned the wheels av highway. so steam is the future, steam can be started on old dump oil and while uptil working temperature run on free wood, even able running only wood but will take some longer startup time :)
how did you modify the engine?
What an embarrassment to the steam world!
Ohh, so was night rider, lol
Showing their growing pains is not an embarrassment. In fact, without failures advancements can rarely (if ever) be achieved. You don't know this?
Wow, it took me long enough to find this channel lol, Some fun things on here lol.
The fucking jug is the best part
What material is the steam boiler coil made of?
That's amazing Great work
Fireless boiler could be used as battery power bank...also better then compressor...good job my friend.
Now you just need a larger water tank and ad a steam recovery mechanism like a condenser
Wow...impressive 👍
WD40 is good for displacing moisture once the engine is done running for the day.
Yes....I use a different brand that contains teflon but it also displaces moisture.
Dumbest shit I've seen in a while
"Powered" might be a stretch lol. There's a steam engine on it at least
I agree it’s not going to break any speed records...but just getting a steam powered vehicle to self propel and pull its 200lb driver is not as easy as one might think.
Cyberpunk 2018
Absolutely.
*STEAMtruck
Steampunk
STEAMPUNK TO THE MAX!!!!!
I guess the starter serves as the barring engine. Lol.
Nice
Thanks!
Too bad he never redid the boiler. He really neglected that piece of art.
This deserves a lot more love. It's takes a lot of work to do stuff like this
Thanks. I agree!
I honestly love this.
@Muckin 4on I just like steam engines, I'm happy to see that it runs lol
@Muckin 4on Oh really? So explain why it’s “the epitome of bad steam engineering” . Do you have a steam powered vehicle that you designed and built that works better?
@@basementcat4939 Thanks. I love to build them and try new ideas.
That's pretty cool. if you wanted you could install a charging coil and use that to put lights on your bike to make it road ready.