How hot is the water in a steam engine?
How hot is the water in a steam engine? Temperatures of Steam and Water Edit To illustrate: Temperature of the steam in a locomotive boiler at 190 psi is 383 degrees Fahrenheit (195 degrees Centigrade). This is also the temperature of the water at that steam pressure.
Can you still buy a steam engine?
You can find small and large steam engines for sale on eBay. Look for a modern steam engine for sale in two-cylinder, three-cylinder, or six-cylinder builds. A two-cylinder steam engine produces 10 horsepower, and a three-cylinder generates 15 horsepower.
Why do steam engines not recycle water?
You can't get the used steam back into the boiler while it's still steam: that would take huge amounts of pumping work. You have to actively cool it first, until it condenses back into liquid; then you can pump it in with a small amount of work because its volume is small.
Do steam trains reuse water?
Steam locomotives exhausted to the atmosphere so water had to be constantly replenished. Over the course of a route, considerable variations in water quality were found, creating different types of incrustation. The problems were less with land boilers as the feedwater was constantly recycled.
Why are steam engines no longer used?
Steam locomotives are no longer used to transport passengers or products because electric and diesel locomotives are faster, more efficient, and easier to maintain. The locomotives that are still running are a piece of history dating back to the 1800's that really put into perspective just how far we've come!
How fast did steam trains go?
The old steam engines were usually run well below 40MPH due to problems with maintaining the tracks-- but could go much faster. I seem to recall a 45 mile run before 1900 in which a locomotive pulled a train at better than 65MPH... (Stanley Steamer cars were known to exceed 75MPH). 3.