Steam turbines would be bad, they have good efficiency and power density, but poor noise characteristics and work best at steady state. They also suffer terminal "turbo lag" in that they don't change speeds very readily.
A piston engine, probably a boxer or a V with the final superheater stage well protected from cooling air and fed warm air from the condensors, would probably work best IMO. Kurt Who is ever so slightly nutty about steam power. On Mar 28, 2011 10:09 PM, "Joey Kelley" <[email protected]> wrote: Kurt, I gotta look that up - but - to bring this back sort of to bikes - what about a steam powered motorcycle? Maybe steam turbine electric? -Joey On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > Joey, > > At the ri... > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this... -Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Love... To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
