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Steam Engines

This category cover the various types of steam engines in trains, vintage cars and motorbikes, steam engines used for drives, invention explanations, how the different steam engines work, how steam trains and other steam engine driven vehicles work, what the various changes over time were to make steam engines more efficient and why.

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What is a 2 liter engine?

A 2 liter engine is normally a 4 cylinder engine who's pistons displace 2 liters of volume during 2 complete revolutions. Normally used in economy compact cars.

How did advancements in the steam engine affect industrialization?

They promoted the spread of industrialization by eliminating the need for transportation of goods by ship.

Why did James Watt wanted to make steam engine?

He saw that Newcomen's steam engine was extremely inefficient and thought he could improve the design. Which he subsequently did.

Advantages of magnetic levitation?

Advantages of magnetic levitation for haptic interaction are:

6-DOF motion with one moving part
Noncontact actuation and sensing
High control bandwidths
Position resolution and sensitivity

What is the use of boilerfeed pump?

The boiler feed pump pumps hot feedwater into the boiler. The boiler pressure is to high for water to flow into it by gravity, so a pump is required.

How do you use steam power on rail rush?

how do you use the steam power in rail rush

Where is cylinder 7 on ford 5.4 engine?

# 7 cylinder is on the drivers side of the engine , 2nd cylinder from firewall The engine cylinders are numbered 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 from front to rear on the passenger side of the engine and 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 from front to rear on the drivers side of the engine

What is Hydrodynamic Drive?

the body motion in fluid is called hydrodynamic drive.

What were the first steam engines used for?

The first steam engines used for pumping water out of mines.

How long have steam engines been used?

Since the early 18th century. The first practical steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It worked by condensing steam to create a vacuum and draw the piston down. In 1776 James Watt and Matthew Boulton created the first double acting steam engine which used the expansive power of steam to push the piston in both directions.

What engine has a 327 CID?

The Chevy 327 was an engine Chevy built in the 60's. There is today a Chevy 5.3 Liter that is close to 327 Cu. In. Actually 327 Cu. In. is closer to a 5.4 Liter as it is 5.385 Liters. In addition, AMC also produced a 327 cid v-8 for a period of time

The steam powered engine was called an?

Steam powered engines were in many different uses in the 1800's. In locomotives, ships, and tractors and stationary engines in factories.

I've never heard of them called anything but 'steam engine' .

What is the function of the gland steam in steam turbine?

Gland steam is steam supplied to the labyrinth glands of the low pressure turbine to prevent air entering in the exhaust side, which disturbs the vacuum (± 50 mbar absolute) in the condenser. Gland steam pressure is to supply at about 0,2 bar.

Is open cycle gas turbine is heat engine or not?

yes, it is a heat engine. A heat engine is one that extracts heat energy and converts it to mechanical energy.

Who invented the first railroad steam engine?

In the 1780's or 90's American inventor John Fitch build one of the earliest working prototypes of the railroad steam engine.

What is A boat propelled by a steam engine?

A steamboat. Although that term is no longer typically used for modern ships. Most large ships still use steam for propulsion, usually a boiler feeds steam to a turbine (radial steam engine) which in turn spins the propellers.

Why Demineralised water used in boiler?

dimineralised water is also preferable to tap water for use in model steam engine boilers and model engines of other types. Mineral build-up resulting from the use of tap water in model boilers can severely reduce the efficiency of the boilers if run for long periods. This build-up is called boiler scale.

What will happen if a steam turbine lack a blade?

It will be unbalanced and unable to run without heavy vibration as a result.

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 are steam engines?

noun: an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
A steam engine is an external combustion engine. As the steam engine combusts outside of the engine itself.

Was the steam engine part of the renaissance?

No. The steam engine came along during the industrial revolution and drove most of the mills and their machinery. It was the primary driving force behind industrialization.