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Anything that will burn hot enough to boil water and produce steam. In the old days coal and coke were among the best, but wood was also be used. Modern steam turbines can be run from a variety of heat sources.
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What kind of engines did the 1870 steamboats have?
steam engine you idot that why there call steam boats
What to use on a steam burn?
it is kind of funny, but there has been reasearch that human urine helps on any kind of burn
What kind of steam engines are used in power stations?
Coal fired steam driven power stations are still in use
How do engines run?
What kind of engine? There's steam, gasoline, diesel, 4 stroke, 2 stroke.
What vehicles use turbine engines and what kind of fuel do they use?
Turbine engines are most commonly found in airplanes. They use gas for fuel. They are also known as "jet" engines, hence the term for the plane.
What kind of fuel do cars burn?
obviously gas obviously gas
What kind of gas when combineswith water can burn plants and skin?
fuel gas
Do 2007 Toyota 4 cylinder engines burn oil excessively?
Not as a rule, no. But it's that kind of thing that can happen to any kind of engine, so it's probable that it has happened to some Toyota engines as well.
What kind of car engines are the most environment friendly?
There are a few kind of environmentally friendly car engines. The first would be an electric engine, because it uses no fuel and is simply charged. Another is a hybrid engine, which uses fuel as well as electric or hydrogen. There are also compressed air engines (which are more environmentally friendly than electric) and solar energy engines.
Why can't passenger planes fly very high?
plane engines need oxygen in order to burn fuel (any kind of fuel needs oxygen to burn), and they have to get their oxygen from the outside air. If they fly too high, the oxygen concentration in the air will drop too low for the engine to maintain combustion, and will cause a stall, equivalent to using a heavy blanket to snuff out a flame.
What kind of services does the MaxPower company offer?
The kind of services that the company MaxPower offers are selling parts for your boat, such as engines, bow thrusters, steam thrusters, and other things for your boat.
What kind of fuel does water bombers use?
Water bombers usually have turbine engines and they work close to water, so the proper fuel will be jet fuel with the fuel additive Prist, which encapsulates water, in it.
