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[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Is there a guide for DIY steam engines? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Boil water in a closed system that uses steam to move a paddle on the inside that is on the same shaft as a wheel on the outside. That's the basics. Everything else is just variations on the theme. The higher the pressure the faster it goes and more torque you get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) I guess I forgot to mention that once the steam moves the paddle the steam needs a place to cook down and go back into the boiler. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago Nah, for a first step implementation in stationary applications, you can have a steam machine run an open circuit. Steam expands, performs work, exits through a valve. Just keep the water tank filled. Less efficient, but it would work. The return loop is an optimization for the next stage :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] MoodyRaincloud@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago For better efficiency the steam should be used twice, in a high pressure circuit first and on its way back to the boiler through a low pressure circuit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jormaig@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like my steam very well cooked. I let It cook down for a couple of hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago You don't find that it starts to taste like cardboard? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Pop Pop boats are really simple steam engine systems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Boil water in a closed system that uses steam to move a paddle on the inside that is on the same shaft as a wheel on the outside. That's the basics. Everything else is just variations on the theme. The higher the pressure the faster it goes and more torque you get. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) I guess I forgot to mention that once the steam moves the paddle the steam needs a place to cook down and go back into the boiler. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago Nah, for a first step implementation in stationary applications, you can have a steam machine run an open circuit. Steam expands, performs work, exits through a valve. Just keep the water tank filled. Less efficient, but it would work. The return loop is an optimization for the next stage :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] MoodyRaincloud@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago For better efficiency the steam should be used twice, in a high pressure circuit first and on its way back to the boiler through a low pressure circuit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jormaig@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like my steam very well cooked. I let It cook down for a couple of hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago You don't find that it starts to taste like cardboard? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) I guess I forgot to mention that once the steam moves the paddle the steam needs a place to cook down and go back into the boiler. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago Nah, for a first step implementation in stationary applications, you can have a steam machine run an open circuit. Steam expands, performs work, exits through a valve. Just keep the water tank filled. Less efficient, but it would work. The return loop is an optimization for the next stage :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] MoodyRaincloud@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago For better efficiency the steam should be used twice, in a high pressure circuit first and on its way back to the boiler through a low pressure circuit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jormaig@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like my steam very well cooked. I let It cook down for a couple of hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago You don't find that it starts to taste like cardboard? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago Nah, for a first step implementation in stationary applications, you can have a steam machine run an open circuit. Steam expands, performs work, exits through a valve. Just keep the water tank filled. Less efficient, but it would work. The return loop is an optimization for the next stage :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MoodyRaincloud@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago For better efficiency the steam should be used twice, in a high pressure circuit first and on its way back to the boiler through a low pressure circuit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jormaig@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I like my steam very well cooked. I let It cook down for a couple of hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago You don't find that it starts to taste like cardboard? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago You don't find that it starts to taste like cardboard? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Metatronz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Pop Pop boats are really simple steam engine systems. permalink fedilink source parent
