OK...I have been monitoring this group for quite some time...and I have to concur with Toby...and add...
STEAM...is like Dr. Pepper...paraphrasing...'MIS UNDERSTOOD"... Phase change is the POWER and VALUE of "water"...er...vapor...er...ice...er STEAM... great illustration of the power of phase change... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYgdQp4euc Richard Bockwinkel On Feb 4, 2013, at 4:15 PM, Toby Seiler wrote: > "steam is definitely not sexy in the renewable energy world". > > Go back to the "Stanley Steamer" and study the boiler. I think about 1500 of > them were sold and there were no boiler explosions (that I found). When > checking with Kennedy Tank, a similar boiler can be made using todays > materials. From my research, it is the verticle firetube (and a lot of them) > that is key, since the temperature has limits as long as it has ANY water in > it. > > My boss at Bryan Steam was the ASME Section 7 Chairman for many years (in > 1978) and they had built a steam car (around 1900) that we often discussed. > He assured me steam would be back to "sexy" and I still believe this to be > true, if one chooses a design that is inherently safer. > > Stanley Steamer held the world land speed record for a very long time (untill > recently). That boiler was rated at 600psi but my guess is, at the speed > record attempt they were well over 1000-1200f. There is a lot of stored > energy in water that is not yet steam (due to pressure) and I often wonder > about injecting super heated water into an engine, taking advantage of the > 1600x expansion, liquid to vapor. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
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