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Coal fired steam driven power stations are still in use
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What kind of engines did the 1870 steamboats have?
steam engine you idot that why there call steam boats
What kind of engine uses heated water for power?
It is a steam engine.
What kind of engine does a submarine use?
They typically run on steam power, using nuclear reactors to create the steam. Prior to the development of the nuclear power systems, they used electric motors through batteries, that were charged using diesel engines. On the surface the diesel also propelled the shafts.
How do engines run?
What kind of engine? There's steam, gasoline, diesel, 4 stroke, 2 stroke.
A device that gets its power from steam is using what kind of energy?
Thermal energy produces the steam, which is then expanded to drive a turbine blade or a piston in an old fashioned steam engine.
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 do steam engines burn?
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.
What kind of transport did they have 150 years ago in nz?
They had things called steam engines that carried human body's across the world to different places
What device uses the 12v 6- pin power connector?
A lot of hard disk docking stations use these kind of power supplies.
How do external combustion engines produce mechanical energy?
"External combustion engine" almost always means a steam engine. There are two kinds. Reciprocating steam engines have a boiler to make steam, a piston assembly for the steam to act against, and a flywheel for the piston assembly to turn. The first steam engines were "single acting" engines. You introduce steam into the piston assembly. When it reaches the bottom of its travel, the rotating flywheel forces the piston back to the top. This is how single-cylinder internal combustion engines work. That's not efficient because you rely on mechanical inertia to make the engine work, so someone invented the "double acting" engine. The piston assembly has two pistons in it. When the piston on the left side reaches the bottom of its stroke the one on the right has reached the top of its, and a valve switches the steam from the left piston to the right one. This is far more efficient, and it's how any internal combustion engine with more than one cylinder works. To get useful work out of this thing, you put a big drive belt around the flywheel. Steam turbines are a lot like jet engines, except that jet engines don't have boilers. There are two kinds of turbine wheels, and every steam turbine contains both types. One kind has blades that you shoot steam against. The other kind has nozzles that steam shoots out of. The guy who invented this motor knew the first wheel wouldn't use all the energy in the steam, so he captured the steam used on the first wheel to drive a second, and he kept going until all the usable energy had been extracted from the steam. The shaft of the steam turbine directly drives the load.
What kind of energy change transportation and industry in America during the early to mid 1800s?
steam power
What kind of energy does a coal burning power plant use to create steam to operate a turbine?
nothing
