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- Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:45 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Mono-tube boiler website
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19650
Re: Mono-tube boiler website
350cc uniflow steam engine that powered my house, with exhaust steam heating my house, for several years in the 1980's. Now with a temporary home in the small steamer.
- Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:37 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Mono-tube boiler website
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19650
Re: Mono-tube boiler website
Been running a monotube steamboat this past summer, with reasonable success. It takes about 1 minute for the steam pressure gauge to move off the peg from cold, then at 2 minutes I have 150 PSI steam. The uniflow engine allows the steam to be turned onto the cold engine and it starts immediately, wi...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:10 am
- Forum: Rally Reports
- Topic: An Invitation to the Raquette Lake Steamboat Camp
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16947
Re: An Invitation to the Raquette Lake Steamboat Camp
Is there going to be a meet here in 2022?
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:20 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Mono-tube steam generators - special adaptations
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12720
Re: Mono-tube steam generators - special adaptations
I would second the method of just using two metering orifices to force the flow to be evenly distributed between the two coils. This would be more reliable, provided there is no contamination material clogging the orifices, and this can be assured with a fine screen strainer in the feed pump line. I...
- Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:48 pm
- Forum: Technical - Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Steam drum
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21452
Re: Steam drum
To be a Code Boiler, welded or not, requires material certifications, and if the boiler drums are not seamless tubes/pipe, then radiography is required. That is plenty expensive by itself.
- Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:48 am
- Forum: Members' Websites and Boats
- Topic: My 24' Launch
- Replies: 191
- Views: 287607
Re: My 24' Launch
Congratulations to Steve, winning "Best of Show" at the Mystic Wooden Boat Show , a show with many boats entered in the "million dollar" price range, the judges could see the years of excellent work Steve put into his new steamer
- Sat May 07, 2022 8:29 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Another Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9852
Re: Another Sidewheeler Building
2nd picture
- Sat May 07, 2022 8:28 pm
- Forum: Technical - non Engines and Boilers
- Topic: Another Sidewheeler Building
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9852
Re: Another Sidewheeler Building
A long time needed to make the sidewheel splash guards, built up with epoxy joined Mahogany veneer layers and a marine plywood base. The structural part of the guards is all made from IPE, known as the worst wood to work with, being ultra strong, ultra heavy (it will not float in water), ultra expen...
- Tue May 03, 2022 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Steamboat stuff
- Topic: Fast Steam Launch
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6331
Re: Fast Steam Launch
I think the sequence of picture uploads is the last upload is the first picture of your post.
Great to learn about the fast steamer, I thought the 4000 horsepower quadruple expansion triple reheat yacht "Arrow" had the record for speed.
Great to learn about the fast steamer, I thought the 4000 horsepower quadruple expansion triple reheat yacht "Arrow" had the record for speed.
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:56 pm
- Forum: Welcome
- Topic: New member
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11147
Re: New member
Virtually all steamboats of today use steam pressures in the vicinity of 6 to 11 Barg, (90 - 160 PSIG), which works very well with engines exhausting to atmosphere, as well as with condensing service and vacuum exhaust. If you wish to use very low steam pressure of about 0.5 to 1.5 Barg (7 to 21 PSI...