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Before the steam engine, the best one could hope for machines in work was wind- or water-mills. The steam engine generated much greater power, allowing not only more reliable results, but longer distances on which that energy could be used.
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∙ 9y agoThe steam engine was an improvement in powering work because it was relied upon in the factories to drive machines and mills.
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How did work done by the steam engine compare to work done by horses?
the steam engine was quicker and stronger than hoses
What did James Watt do to the steam engine?
In 1765, an engineer named James Watt was asked to repair a model of a Newcomen engine. While fixing it, he saw ways to improve it. He added a box called a condenser that helped keep the piston cylinder hotter. Watt also figured out how to have the steam push the piston in both directions, making a faster engine. Watt's improvements made the steam engine much more efficient. Watt also came up with the idea of comparing the power of his steam engines to the amount of work a horse could do.
How does the rotary steam engine work?
The rotary steam engine has two identical lobed gears inside a tightly sealed casing to which each lobe of each gear is sealed often with a sliding vane to prevent slippage. One gear may be free spinning, it imparts its power to the other gear, the second gear (or both) drives a shaft which is often connected to a pump or pumps. The steam enters the engine at one side between the gears, it causes the gears to rotate and the steam moves outward around the periphery of the casing, expanding [due to the shape of the casing] as it pushes the gear lobes around to the exhaust side of the engine, where the steam is exhausted either to the atmosphere or a jet condenser, for reuse. Steam power fire engines typically used rotary steam engines. **See the attached Image below.
How does steam condenser work?
the work of the condensor is to condense the hot steam and change its state so that it can be used again in boiler
What is the defferences between a steam turbine gas turbine?
STEAM TURBINE is a machine for generating mechanical power in rotary motion from the energy of steam at temperature and pressure above that of an available sink. A turbine operated by highly pressurized steam directed against vanes on a rotor.HEAT ENGINE is a physical or theoretical device that converts thermal anergy to mechnical out put.....it converts heat energy into work.
What kinds of machines use a steam engine to work?
The steam-engine is or was the prime-mover for railway locomotives, ships and road-vehicles, and in its stationary forms, for powering factory machinery, pumping-stations, and the like.
What occurs in a steam engine?
Water is heated to produce steam. The steam is used to power the engine. The power from the engine does the work or powers other instruments that do the work.
What was the horsepower of the 1st steam engine?
The first steam engine was Hero's turbine, it is unknown what the horsepower output of it was. It was used as an item of curiosity, and did no real work. The first practical (useful) steam engine was the Newcomen pumping engine, used to pump water out of mines, it was an improvement over Savery's pump (which did use steam but not an engine) in that it more efficiently made use of the steam, it is estimated that the work output of this engine would have been about 10 to 30 horsepower. The engine used the vacuum created by condensing the steam to drive it. The Boulton-Watt engine was the first practical engine that used the power of the expansion of steam to drive the piston, in both directions, thus improving the efficiency of the engine. The horsepower of this engine was about 10 to 45 BHP (brake horsepower).
What occurs in a steam?
Water is heated to produce steam. The steam is used to power the engine. The power from the engine does the work or powers other instruments that do the work.
How steam boilers work?
Steam boilers work by boiling water to generate steam. The steam then is used to heat the engine.
How did work done by the steam engine compare to work done by horses?
the steam engine was quicker and stronger than hoses
What is the steam ingein?
A steam engine is a heat engine. A steam engine uses boiling water to produce mechanical work. It uses the steam from the boiling water as its working fluid.
How did the work by the steam engine compare to work done by horse?
steam engine was quicker than horses and stronger than horses
How did work done by the steam engine compare to work done by the horse?
steam engine was quicker than horses and stronger than horses
How did James watt get the steam engine to work?
James Watt did NOT get the steam engine to work - it already was. But he added a condenser and upped the efficacy by several times, making it a practical device.
What is the use of steam engine?
To convert heat energy into mechanical work.
How did the first steam engine work?
two words: nuclear power
