What an clever open crankcase steam engine idea! What that baby needs is a monotube boiler! I love how steam engines produce so much torque at low RPMS!
pretty nice set up👍 that camshaft look’s like it took some time to get right. wonder there’s anyway to port time these engines like a two-stroke. drill a hole or holes through the side of the block into the cylinder at the bottom of the stroke just above the piston for exhaust. kind of like a valveless and use the -1 intake valve or Chuck the camshaft all together and make a mechanical external steam valve driven off the fly wheel to Open at top dead center seen lots of two strokes done all they do is block off the intake port and run steam right into the spark plug hole and there up and running they’re just tiny and probably won’t make much power with A piston the size of a quarter.
Nice build! I've been doing steam for alternative off grid energy quite a while now. If you need to build a high pressure wood steam boiler I have done that been there.
@@zinniawellness3313 I have a few videos about my wood/steam/electricity combined heat electricity work on my wiscokidd channel but I also have this video on this channel which I also produce, which is the most popular of them: ruclips.net/video/bTjikSKJUH0/видео.html Thank you for the question, gooday eh K
@@hurvinekspejbl6229 I did not, but Wisco Kidd (above) mentioned he had, and I wanted to see what he had built, as well. This is VERY interesting though, thank you!
@@zinniawellness3313 i have just posted on reddit if steam generator would work like 1kWh, everyone said that i should buy petrol generator, well i dont want one because of buying petrol (expensive) well they sent me link on gasifier - making gas out of wood and using it in generator.
Looks like you have solved the main problems associated with the steam conversion there Hunter S - no crankcase full of mayonaise for you! Have you considered a monotube flash boiler? It is a far safer option for backyard steam engineers as the quantity of water available to create an explosion is much much less. A cup full of water can make a fair bang but a couple of gallons will leave a crater where you used to be standing - it's all about how much water is at high temperature.
Ok, if it runs on compressed air, it should also run on steam. Except that then you have to deal with all the condensation/corrosion nastiness of steam. But you can stoke a boiler with anything that burns, or even some big-ass solar mirrors.
@@theq4602 Wrong. You will ALWAYS have condensation at some point. And a blow out valve to purge it properly. THIS thing is nothing more than a bastardized combustion motor. Cute...but useless.
I added a 1/4" threaded bolt to other valve on the cam made the briggs a two stroke and ran it on steam, approx $14. i mowed grass the motor was on a lawn mower. I bought an undercounter autoclave from the hospital, converted it from 480 volt 3 phase to 240 vilt so I coukd run it from my welder plugin. used rubber steam hose to mow with
Thought about doing this but,I’ve pondered about how to keep the steam pressure regulated without having to stand there for hours feeding coal beneath the boiler. I think an auger that pulls from a trough,that is triggered by a low pressure switch.
i dont think you can easily control this with coal and wood. for this reason cars were used much later because cars need more instant need for rpm and power while trains can take their time to gather power. by the time steam cars came along they were run using gas, alcohol or oil
Does it require more energy producing the steam than to use gasoline engine of equal power ? I realize that gasoline may not be readily available but wood gasification could be an option and charcoal is a useful byproduct .
Looks great do have concerns that when you put alternator under a load how it will affect engine. If wired to put out 120 240 it’s going to give some drag when under load.
I know this is old, but I've been interested in steam engines to power vehicles. How hard is it to convert a briggs to run on steam and power say... a bike?
alternator isn't even wired up to any load. Other than the lack of lubrication in the bottom end, what happens with a load on the alternator or actually running on steam?
Nice toy... although it is just that..you can turn that alternator but making it charge requires 1 hp for every 25 amps.. this engine's life started out as a 5hp gas engine..but a single acting steam engine doesn't produce much actual power. Like a well designed steam engine.. also you'll have oiling problems( valves, wrist pins , crank journals. Ect..and most important, you'll have major condensation problems (cylinders have to stay very hot to keep superheated steam in a gas form, if you see steam it's back to water vapor and will eventually build up water in the cylinders causing the head to split , crack ect.. don't ask me how i know this ) the outside of the cylinders need to be hogged out and insulated..but even then the aluminium is going to expand way too much.. if they happen to be iron cylinders you could cram insulation between the fins and screw some shim stock over it to hold tue heat in.. along with expansion problems because of the aluminium construction....just think about it... 90-100;pounds of steam pressure (minimum for superheated steam and to get any appreciative power) and the expanding going on from all that heat.. what do tou think will happen to the heads over time.. With all that said I think he did do an awesome build...I just mentioned these problems because I don't want people to think this is the answer for reliable emergency power. Spend the money or at least buy a casting kit and build one that way.. Go to some steam shows and read a lot before you even try to make a boiler... failure to know everything will cancel your stamp..
He ran it thru the intake so that the valve would close on the exhaust stroke, improving efficiency by minimizing losses. Running thru the spark plug hole would let steam come out on the exhaust stroke and would be wasted energy that the engine doesn’t get to use
Cold Steam the efficient way to use heat sources to produce electricity and or distilled water explained from basic concept to employment. Two open containers one full of water the other empty connect them at the bottom and water will reach an equilibrium 50 50. If one is sealed except for the connection the other will remain empty because of the vacuum created in the sealed container. Gravity will overcome this vacuum if the containers are taller than 30 feet. If the tanks are 40 feet tall the tanks will reach an equilibrium of water levels at 30 feet leaving ten feet of hard vacuum in the sealed tank. This makes a vacuum pump set we need two of them if we were going to distill water as the cold side open tank is used to collect the distilled water from it as the continuous input of water needs to go somewhere. Each sealed tank has four valves three at the top two of those on opposite sides (B&C) one at the very top (D) one at the bottom on the side (A), water-based vacuum pump operations are, Close bottom tank valve A and top tank valve C. Open top tank valve D. Fill sealed tank through top side valve B. Close valve B and D when full. Open bottom valve A. This primes the system to let the warm water in that will vaporize and run through the system when you partially reopen valve B (to control flow rate) and open valve C to its fullest. For only power generation need one pump set and one vacuum tank so we can have a Hot side and a Cold side one to boil the water and one to have the low pressure/vacuum to draw the steam in through the turbine then the cooling coils then to the tank. At the bottom of the cold side, tank is a return pipe with the one way valve to the heat source the one-way valve prevents expansion back to the cold side and as the hot side vacuum chamber is the only outlet for the expanding water and it is drawn by the vacuum the cycle proceeds. You can combine the two and get power generation and distilled water keeping the return line from the power generation system will let you switch if you don't need distilled water on a continuous basis in large quantities. I am going to make one feel free to make one as well it is open source.
+epicdeuce I'm assuming you mean power for the engine, you could run it off of air or build a steam generator or boiler, if you build a boiler don't go cheap, get a relief valve get a good solid heavy tank, steam is a bomb waiting to go off if its not done right. Thats why my current boiler i've been working on is being made from .5 inch thick steal but its also going to be at a 120 PSi, if you get a good almost new air tank or like my first boiler you could use a propan tank, i wouldn't go any more then 50 psi with that though heating and cooling will rot it out pretty quick. Post a vid if you build it!
very interesting, buy a cheep inverter from harbor frieght make 120 ac and throw the power at some 100 watt light bulbs, you can test the volts and the amps and figure out power out put.
Industrial steam engines of 100-200hp in 1900 often had exhaust cooling and shell cooling to prevent wear due to overheating. Milling the fins on a small one or packing them with nomex fabric would keep heat in though.
Funny work, but why not done with the air-compressor and the steam-engine and connect the alternator straight to the petrol engine...it would be much more economical...
Hey dumb shit, the the compressed air and compressed steam are virtually the same. He's using compressed air in place of steam. Same concept. Damn, always gotta be that one dumb ass that couldn't get it.
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That's the kind of power everybody needs in the future so we can escape our monopolistic overlords
Yeah until it seizes up
Only problem is you can't create electricity as cheap as your overlords sell it to you for
@@RJ1999xLol who said all is under invention and engineering
What an clever open crankcase steam engine idea! What that baby needs is a monotube boiler! I love how steam engines produce so much torque at low RPMS!
Efficiency is very very poor.about 5 to 10 percent
The crank counter weights are so damn close to those lobes!
That is brilliant, using a gasoline engine with a custom camshaft to convert it from a 4 stroke to a two stroke (I think) :).
Good job on the build, smart idea with the cut away and incorporating grease fitting instead of the oil sump. Might have to try that idea.
Pretty slick little motor.
Boiler room !
Full steam ahead !
Aye aye captain !!
19stojkovic93 vary fast...
Iceberg in front of Us! Reverse engine!!
Love it! cool build
That's a vary cool build :)
That clearance is crazy.
Nice job Hunter
8hp compressor for 1/4 air hp lol, I love the machine and how you made the camshaft work. Nice job!
Yeah but probably more torque
Need to put a needle valve in front of the intake gauge to dampen the shock so you don't wear it out quickly. Otherwise it is a well done job.
Hahahaha, this is so funny! How did you get the cam like that? Welded on material and ground it down?
Great idea do you think if when its steam powered it would be a good idea to remove the cooling fins or block them up?
Well done!!
pretty nice set up👍 that camshaft look’s like it took some time to get right. wonder there’s anyway to port time these engines like a two-stroke. drill a hole or holes through the side of the block into the cylinder at the bottom of the stroke just above the piston for exhaust. kind of like a valveless and use the -1 intake valve or Chuck the camshaft all together and make a mechanical external steam valve driven off the fly wheel to Open at top dead center seen lots of two strokes done all they do is block off the intake port and run steam right into the spark plug hole and there up and running they’re just tiny and probably won’t make much power with A piston the size of a quarter.
Woow.! Nice one Sr.
Well done!
Awesome cut-away view
Nice demonstration, ever hook up the alternator, and power readings?
Wow.. this awesome
Nice build! I've been doing steam for alternative off grid energy quite a while now. If you need to build a high pressure wood steam boiler I have done that been there.
I know it’s an old comment, but do you have any videos of them? What did you use for the boiler, regulating system, and the engine? Thanks!
@@zinniawellness3313 I have a few videos about my wood/steam/electricity combined heat electricity work on my wiscokidd channel but I also have this video on this channel which I also produce, which is the most popular of them: ruclips.net/video/bTjikSKJUH0/видео.html Thank you for the question, gooday eh K
@@zinniawellness3313 did u make anything?
@@hurvinekspejbl6229 I did not, but Wisco Kidd (above) mentioned he had, and I wanted to see what he had built, as well. This is VERY interesting though, thank you!
@@zinniawellness3313 i have just posted on reddit if steam generator would work like 1kWh, everyone said that i should buy petrol generator, well i dont want one because of buying petrol (expensive) well they sent me link on gasifier - making gas out of wood and using it in generator.
Looks like you have solved the main problems associated with the steam conversion there Hunter S - no crankcase full of mayonaise for you! Have you considered a monotube flash boiler? It is a far safer option for backyard steam engineers as the quantity of water available to create an explosion is much much less. A cup full of water can make a fair bang but a couple of gallons will leave a crater where you used to be standing - it's all about how much water is at high temperature.
Ok, if it runs on compressed air, it should also run on steam. Except that then you have to deal with all the condensation/corrosion nastiness of steam. But you can stoke a boiler with anything that burns, or even some big-ass solar mirrors.
at the time he made this video he may not have made a boiler yet
It won't have a lot of condensation if you build in a superheated to your boiler.
@@theq4602 Wrong. You will ALWAYS have condensation at some point. And a blow out valve to purge it properly. THIS thing is nothing more than a bastardized combustion motor. Cute...but useless.
@@ChrisJones-qw7bn I said there wouldn't be as much not none at all
@@ChrisJones-qw7bn wait, why is it useless?
PRETTYDAMN COOL man..
nice job.
I added a 1/4" threaded bolt to other valve on the cam made the briggs a two stroke and ran it on steam, approx $14. i mowed grass the motor was on a lawn mower. I bought an undercounter autoclave from the hospital, converted it from 480 volt 3 phase to 240 vilt so I coukd run it from my welder plugin. used rubber steam hose to mow with
very good man
very very good!
Thought about doing this but,I’ve pondered about how to keep the steam pressure regulated without having to stand there for hours feeding coal beneath the boiler. I think an auger that pulls from a trough,that is triggered by a low pressure switch.
i dont think you can easily control this with coal and wood. for this reason cars were used much later because cars need more instant need for rpm and power while trains can take their time to gather power. by the time steam cars came along they were run using gas, alcohol or oil
will be a different story when it under load on steam
How will it be different?
bob kerssemakers amazing air engine! Steam adds the challenges of rust and water condensation.
Thank you sir
and now I have officially seen everything..... and that is NOT meant as a criticism........ I love it, well done.
Does it require more energy producing the steam than to use gasoline engine of equal power ?
I realize that gasoline may not be readily available but wood gasification could be an option and charcoal is a useful byproduct .
Was it a 35A or so generic alternator? that is an impressive design glad the power won't blow it apart.
Looks great do have concerns that when you put alternator under a load how it will affect engine. If wired to put out 120 240 it’s going to give some drag when under load.
I know this is old, but I've been interested in steam engines to power vehicles. How hard is it to convert a briggs to run on steam and power say... a bike?
Did you seal the valve for pressure?
I'm curious about why the cut-away on the briggs?
Brilliant! Hunter,,I wonder if B+S would ever build a steam motor from your design?TY73s
very cool! what stops the air pressure from forcing the intake valve open?
well when its worked hard it dose stick open, could use a tuffer return spring.
It's nice
could it be made with closed crank case and splash oiling?
just curious, why is it that every one of these steam engine rigs are running on air and not steam?
Just asking, Gease zerks for keeping life on the crank, keep it from gaulding up due to friction. Why not? Can't hurt.
alternator isn't even wired up to any load. Other than the lack of lubrication in the bottom end, what happens with a load on the alternator or actually running on steam?
Buen dia una pregunta ese motor quedo trabajando a dos tiempos?
Please show detail of this enjen
How exactly did you rate it at 5 ponies?
is it really hard to differentiate steam and compressed air?
nice project, what keeps the air pressure in the line from lifting the intake valve off the seat?
The pressure of the return spring, when the engine gets to high pressure and really gets a load the intake leaks past the valve
do you think this would power a small boat
And an arc welder attached to it?
Nice build. I am looking or actual steam engine builds powered by steam.
How many HP for the engine you need?
did u know that big difference between compressed air n steam?
Where did you get camshaft?
Nice toy... although it is just that..you can turn that alternator but making it charge requires 1 hp for every 25 amps.. this engine's life started out as a 5hp gas engine..but a single acting steam engine doesn't produce much actual power. Like a well designed steam engine.. also you'll have oiling problems( valves, wrist pins , crank journals. Ect..and most important, you'll have major condensation problems (cylinders have to stay very hot to keep superheated steam in a gas form, if you see steam it's back to water vapor and will eventually build up water in the cylinders causing the head to split , crack ect.. don't ask me how i know this ) the outside of the cylinders need to be hogged out and insulated..but even then the aluminium is going to expand way too much.. if they happen to be iron cylinders you could cram insulation between the fins and screw some shim stock over it to hold tue heat in..
along with expansion problems because of the aluminium construction....just think about it... 90-100;pounds of steam pressure (minimum for superheated steam and to get any appreciative power) and the expanding going on from all that heat.. what do tou think will happen to the heads over time..
With all that said I think he did do an awesome build...I just mentioned these problems because I don't want people to think this is the answer for reliable emergency power.
Spend the money or at least buy a casting kit and build one that way.. Go to some steam shows and read a lot before you even try to make a boiler... failure to know everything will cancel your stamp..
how do you keep it from tossing a rod what oil is used?
Is the valves of stainless steel or?
Where did you get the crankshaft?
Have you tried putting the air pressure into the spark plug hole? I've seen a few vids here on YT but like this.
He ran it thru the intake so that the valve would close on the exhaust stroke, improving efficiency by minimizing losses. Running thru the spark plug hole would let steam come out on the exhaust stroke and would be wasted energy that the engine doesn’t get to use
the autoclave was set to 80# steam pressure the briggs engine had way torque in steam
Cold Steam the efficient way to use heat sources to produce electricity and or distilled water explained from basic concept to employment.
Two open containers one full of water the other empty connect them at the bottom and water will reach an equilibrium 50 50. If one is sealed except for the connection the other will remain empty because of the vacuum created in the sealed container.
Gravity will overcome this vacuum if the containers are taller than 30 feet.
If the tanks are 40 feet tall the tanks will reach an equilibrium of water levels at 30 feet leaving ten feet of hard vacuum in the sealed tank. This makes a vacuum pump set we need two of them if we were going to distill water as the cold side open tank is used to collect the distilled water from it as the continuous input of water needs to go somewhere.
Each sealed tank has four valves three at the top two of those on opposite sides (B&C) one at the very top (D) one at the bottom on the side (A), water-based vacuum pump operations are, Close bottom tank valve A and top tank valve C. Open top tank valve D. Fill sealed tank through top side valve B. Close valve B and D when full. Open bottom valve A.
This primes the system to let the warm water in that will vaporize and run through the system when you partially reopen valve B (to control flow rate) and open valve C to its fullest.
For only power generation need one pump set and one vacuum tank so we can have a Hot side and a Cold side one to boil the water and one to have the low pressure/vacuum to draw the steam in through the turbine then the cooling coils then to the tank.
At the bottom of the cold side, tank is a return pipe with the one way valve to the heat source the one-way valve prevents expansion back to the cold side and as the hot side vacuum chamber is the only outlet for the expanding water and it is drawn by the vacuum the cycle proceeds.
You can combine the two and get power generation and distilled water keeping the return line from the power generation system will let you switch if you don't need distilled water on a continuous basis in large quantities.
I am going to make one feel free to make one as well it is open source.
I want this.
How much electricity it generates?
Cute but what does it do?
Alternator do 4koni mocy potrzebuje dlatego nie jest podłączony żeby machina się nie zatrzymała ;-)
Great project where do you get the steam pressure from?
Well at the time i was running on compressed air, and my boiler was out, but i got plans to eventually make another boiler
Vary high rpm ?
W O W
why is there no steam escaping anywhere? condesner? or is it running on compressed air for demo
Yes.
I have a 7hp old Briggs and Stratton, I was thinking about converting to steam. What do you recommend to create the power?
+epicdeuce I'm assuming you mean power for the engine, you could run it off of air or build a steam generator or boiler, if you build a boiler don't go cheap, get a relief valve get a good solid heavy tank, steam is a bomb waiting to go off if its not done right. Thats why my current boiler i've been working on is being made from .5 inch thick steal but its also going to be at a 120 PSi, if you get a good almost new air tank or like my first boiler you could use a propan tank, i wouldn't go any more then 50 psi with that though heating and cooling will rot it out pretty quick. Post a vid if you build it!
If you need cheap fuel, then you should use biogas or sawdust for your boiler.
Where's country seal this steam engine ?
I'm interested in biying a boiler + small size (1kw or so) steqm engine. Does someone know where I can find this? Iseally off-the-shelf robust. Thanks
If you want to try it under a load with live steam, look me up.
You also can run it on a SCUBA tank you can pump them up to over 3000 psi with regulator
where will you get the Energy to pump there. so scuba tank is a battery not fuel.
very interesting, buy a cheep inverter from harbor frieght make 120 ac and throw the power at some 100 watt light bulbs, you can test the volts and the amps and figure out power out put.
The cooling fins are an aspect that you do not want on a steam engine. "Vary" bad.
MrShobar hey
Industrial steam engines of 100-200hp in 1900 often had exhaust cooling and shell cooling to prevent wear due to overheating. Milling the fins on a small one or packing them with nomex fabric would keep heat in though.
is it industrial cast :)
Very cool, the downside to this is that its only working on a single side of the piston. Great job however
Put in under the hood, and hey! You've got a carriage pulled by 5 horses! :D
did you mod the camshaft to make it a 2 stroke?
yes, lots of welding and grinding
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Funny work, but why not done with the air-compressor and the steam-engine and connect the alternator straight to the petrol engine...it would be much more economical...
I don't understand????
Where are :
(1) the water tank / boiler located ?
(2) the firebox to heat up the water and turn into stream?
???????
I only have one question: where does the pipe that is in the spark plug go to?
Compressed air tank
vary is when something is different, very is much
he meant very duh
Is this a "5 nhp"? ;3
ah fuck this is beautiful i 'm going do this
Great experiment. Wish you narrated it.
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1:40 did you turn that ICE into a steam engine by only replacing the camshaft?
pretty much. you dont even need to replace it. Just weld extra cam lobes onto the camshaft and get real fancy with a grinder
bonjour, heu tu sort du courant ?
I must ask, How did you make the grease points for the axles?
i drilled holes and taped out threads for grease fittings
Ah, Thank You! Ill have to post a video when and if I finish mine here next year!
Four stars
Xin hỏi đường kính piston bao nhiêu?
What did you use for a flywheel?
Looks like a flywheel from a belt driven air compressor.
@@murraychadwick9362 yeah
i think u need more air to run that...is useles if u use compresor to operate...does not create a free energy folks
Hey dumb shit, the the compressed air and compressed steam are virtually the same. He's using compressed air in place of steam. Same concept. Damn, always gotta be that one dumb ass that couldn't get it.