Great video and very informative, now I'm gonna go build one and hope I don't blow myself up! Just kinding, I will be careful of course and take precautions
Very clear and concise explanation. I guess you could almost consider this a 6 cylinder, since the piston in each cylinder is powered when it travels back AND forth.
@ cresta141, i believe i know the answer to ur question, as superheated steam cools down, which is steam heated to the point where iit is actually somewat dry, it expands ALOT, the steam expanding is wat actually forces the piston to move n not the actual steam pressure, N as it expands it cools more n becomes bigger n bigger in volume, thats why the cylinders become bigger , i hope this answered ur question :)
Simplistic but effective. Generally the HP cylinder was in the middle with the other two flanking either side. but the principal is exactly the same. Unless they use the Corliss system.
I dig the video. It seems that any power produced in the 2nd and 3rd cylinders would create equivalent back pressure on the first cylinder. I almost want to say it would negate any added efficiency but I haven't totally comprehended how the different bores play a role. I believe I'm asking a question.
I understand this like this: Parting whit the knolenge that the energy from steam is the presure at wich it is, the engine's duty is transform it (the presure)in to motion. In the first stage, the presure is a X value and it does a N amount of work depending on the userful volume that the piston has. After the 1st stage, the steam has losed a amount of presure because the expansion of the piston, lets say that it has losed half of its original presure, now it has 0,5X of presure. In the second piston, we want the steam to do the same amount of work, but since the steam has half the presure, we need a piston with twice the surface area, now the steam does its thing and the same deal happens at the 3th stage with steam at 0,25X of presure. This is how I understand it
Great! I understood the concept, very well explained, however I have a question. I do understand that the steam passing over one cylinder cools down a little. Do a cooler steam have an increase in volume? that, in this case the same amount of steam from a smaller cylinder is used in a larger one and so on?? Thank you!
OK, so if I understood the Titanic had triple expansion engine, and 33 boilers, right? so what is the highest speed they can produce? I mean in miles/hour?
Titanic actually had 2 triple expansion four-cylinder engines and 1 low-pressure Parson reaction turbine engine for the center propeller. All three were powered by 29 Scotch boilers at 215 psig of steam pressure. Making over 53,000 shaft-horsepower combined, they could propel the Titanic up to 23 knots or about 25mph as vet68 stated correctly. If only Titanic's navigation technology matched it's propulsion technology. Who knows what could've been.
I have a doubt,if some one can answer it woul be great,it may sound silly Q1.In a steam engine,is the forward stroke speed equal to reverse stroke speed,i know they are not very different,but still if there is a difference of seconds or micro seconds Q2.if the forward stroke pressure(or force)is similar to reverse stroke pressure(or force) Plz answer my two question,i am a student Thanks in advance
Very awesome, i wish i knew how to use autocad, it would save me alot of money on paper n pencils and alot of time , since i didnt hAve to explain every part of the design to people lol, i swear if i ever won the lottery ud see me playing with all sorts of steam "toys" on lake michigan lol
Great animation. Unfortunately, the video quality is terrible as soon as something starts to move. Obviously you used a way too low Mbits per second setting when creating the compressed video
So Very Thanks Again For Sharing So Clear Explanations :) Please, could you compare this triple effect to fans turbines and Tesla turbine in terms of efficency and density power? Please. Regards.
Great video. Exactly what I wanted. Just an explanation. No music, no wasted history time, just how it worked. Thanks!
Great animation. What a super design of engine. You really simplified the operations her.
the explanation is very clear and easy to understand.
Very clear animation, thanks for your working!
Thank you, always wondered how these worked. Well done!
Great video and very informative, now I'm gonna go build one and hope I don't blow myself up! Just kinding, I will be careful of course and take precautions
Beautiful animation! Thanks!
Very nice, and concise explanation.
Thanks for this in-depth animation I finally understand
Great explanation and graphics. Best shots of this beast was in the movie, "Sand Pebbles." 'LIVE STEM STOP YOULE".
Very clear and concise explanation. I guess you could almost consider this a 6 cylinder, since the piston in each cylinder is powered when it travels back AND forth.
That's called double action
@ cresta141, i believe i know the answer to ur question, as superheated steam cools down, which is steam heated to the point where iit is actually somewat dry, it expands ALOT, the steam expanding is wat actually forces the piston to move n not the actual steam pressure, N as it expands it cools more n becomes bigger n bigger in volume, thats why the cylinders become bigger , i hope this answered ur question :)
Very nice video, explains it perfectly 👍
Thanks for the awesome explanation! This was very informative ;)
Thanks for animations
Simplistic but effective. Generally the HP cylinder was in the middle with the other two flanking either side. but the principal is exactly the same. Unless they use the Corliss system.
thanks for the explain, i live on a shipping channel and am familiar with these engines from old ships.
Very nice animation, thanks!
May use this to help build functional mini replica of Titanic's steam engines using a Pop-pop steam engine as the boiler system.
Thank you. I learned something new.
I think the steam comes into the middle of the control valve and exits via the ends. The opposite of the way shown here. =D
This was awesome!
I dig the video. It seems that any power produced in the 2nd and 3rd cylinders would create equivalent back pressure on the first cylinder. I almost want to say it would negate any added efficiency but I haven't totally comprehended how the different bores play a role. I believe I'm asking a question.
I understand this like this:
Parting whit the knolenge that the energy from steam is the presure at wich it is, the engine's duty is transform it (the presure)in to motion.
In the first stage, the presure is a X value and it does a N amount of work depending on the userful volume that the piston has. After the 1st stage, the steam has losed a amount of presure because the expansion of the piston, lets say that it has losed half of its original presure, now it has 0,5X of presure. In the second piston, we want the steam to do the same amount of work, but since the steam has half the presure, we need a piston with twice the surface area, now the steam does its thing and the same deal happens at the 3th stage with steam at 0,25X of presure. This is how I understand it
What type of oil do you need to lubricate this
Steam oil I actually think they call it.
Great! I understood the concept, very well explained, however I have a question. I do understand that the steam passing over one cylinder cools down a little. Do a cooler steam have an increase in volume? that, in this case the same amount of steam from a smaller cylinder is used in a larger one and so on?? Thank you!
very useful thanks a lot
Why not power all cylinder directly from boiler
OK, so if I understood the Titanic had triple expansion engine, and 33 boilers, right? so what is the highest speed they can produce? I mean in miles/hour?
titanic could make about 21/22 knots. about 25mph.
Titanic actually had 2 triple expansion four-cylinder engines and 1 low-pressure Parson reaction turbine engine for the center propeller. All three were powered by 29 Scotch boilers at 215 psig of steam pressure. Making over 53,000 shaft-horsepower combined, they could propel the Titanic up to 23 knots or about 25mph as vet68 stated correctly. If only Titanic's navigation technology matched it's propulsion technology. Who knows what could've been.
Great vidéo ! Bises, Michel.
No probs, glad you liked it. Obviously the Titanics engines were way cooler than these :).
I have a doubt,if some one can answer it woul be great,it may sound silly
Q1.In a steam engine,is the forward stroke speed equal to reverse stroke speed,i know they are not very different,but still if there is a difference of seconds or micro seconds
Q2.if the forward stroke pressure(or force)is similar to reverse stroke pressure(or force)
Plz answer my two question,i am a student
Thanks in advance
Eu so nao entendi porque eu não entendo inglês -_-
Very awesome, i wish i knew how to use autocad, it would save me alot of money on paper n pencils and alot of time , since i didnt hAve to explain every part of the design to people lol, i swear if i ever won the lottery ud see me playing with all sorts of steam "toys" on lake michigan lol
Great animation. Unfortunately, the video quality is terrible as soon as something starts to move. Obviously you used a way too low Mbits per second setting when creating the compressed video
Thanks you
So Very Thanks Again For Sharing So Clear Explanations :)
Please, could you compare this triple effect to fans turbines and Tesla turbine in terms of efficency and density power? Please.
Regards.
great to see how a trippel steam Engine works. I gues Titanic hade this type of Engine,
Yes, it was a triple expansion, but it had 4 cylinders. Low pressure was divided in 2 Cylinders.
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Like turbochargers does in this years..
Except steam is cooler.
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