Ted invents a new kind of steam engine
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2016
- As a young man Ted Pritchard invented a new type of steam engine. He used it to power a 1973 Ford Falcon, but he couldn’t get any interest from a car manufacturer. 30 years later the engine has gained a new lease of life.
RIP Ted, your falcon will always be an inspiration to me.
What an achievement
Can someone Tell how it works his engine?
@@ataulfoamorim5490 It was a very simple reciprocating steam engine design, nothing innovative which is why nothing became of it.
@@charonstyxferryman The _Pritchard Steam Car Company_ went BANKRUPT amid allegations of financial irregularities and fruad.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 why are you all over these videos slandering ted?
jealous?
I still say this is the most facinating renewable way of getting energy.
Its renewable, but not sustainable.
Its also the least energy efficient way...
@@momothromycin8506 Nothing is sustainable
It's a pretty noisy engine, though. The ones in Jay Leno's steam cars didn't make much noise at all, but could easily get the old cars up to 70 mph.
Howard Hughes owned the roadster model that Jay Leno has now. He modified it and it reached 133 miles per hour on a rural road. If only Abner Doble had been born early enough to compete with manufacturers before WW1 and was less of a perfectionist to the point of accepting mass production of his steam cars. I can only dream.
@@charonstyxferryman There was nothing experimental in design or concept... based entirely on old outdated technology, the company operated as an investment scam so very little money was spent building the prototype.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Any documentation of urls to support that? I was rather wondering what was so revolutionary, myself.
@@BryanTorok Its well documented that Pritchard accepted millions in loans and both public and private investments but never produced any verifable, independent third party test results or demonstrated any significant technical achievements.
Pritchard's extremely vague fuel efficiency and emissions claims are simply not credible for anyone familiar with reciprocating steam engines.
There was very little to show for all the investment capital when Pritchard filed for bunkruptcy, the Ford Falcon and the Holden Torana were sold for scrap metal.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 I remember from decades ago being told that steam would be better because one could more precisely control the continuous combustion and recover more of the heat generated rather than starting and stopping the combustion hundreds of time per second. But, most people didn't want to wait for the boiler to build steam pressure before driving the car. Also, one can start and stop a gasoline ICE on command so many short trips are not a problem.
Anyway, there are hundreds of folks on GoFundMe and other platforms hawking investment in unworkable ideas with dubious demonstrations and unwitting folks throw money at them. I almost wish I was that unethical.
I was always fascinated by the Pritchard steam car. Just imagine what could built with all that money being thrown at EV's.
I do believe that Ted's design may not only be an answer to 3rd World power generation but an answer to the worlds Plastic and Waste problems. I would love to see this engine running on waste plastic.
Reciprocating steam engines are not the answer to anyone's problems
@@sandervanderkammen9230 It's really not your typical reciprocating Steam Engine. It is much more efficient than a typical reciprocating Steam Engine and when Ted had one in the Falcon it was better than the new GT of the day. It took a long time for ICE engines to pass it in efficiency but it still has the advantage to be able to run on any fuel. The world has two major problems where the solutions are at odds. We have a plastic pollution problem and we have a carbon problem. We can turn plastic into fuel but it makes the carbon problem worse. We still need energy and we still need to do something with the plastic, engines like this could help especially in 3rd world countries that also have a environmental trash catastrophe playing out that we in developed countries are very much responsible for.
@@theauthenticsteve That is absolutely false, Ted engine was not a breakthrough design and was horribly inefficient.
The performance specifications of Teds Falcon qere so embarrassing that he nearly publicly discosed them although he continued to make false claims to attract investment.
Plastic can bevery easily converted into ethylene gas which can be used as a fuel in internal combustion engines with 400% greater energy efficiency.
Reciprocating steam engines are obsolete technology.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 You clearly don't know what you are talking about. Plastic conversion is not efficient and currently uses more energy than you recover. I question your motives to write such rubbish.
@@theauthenticsteve That is why plastic is either recycled or simply discarded...
If your country is too poor to afford Diesel engines??? Waste plastic is the least of your problems.
i am interested in the design of the engine, are the plans available for use or licensing? would be great to use an already existing system in conjuction with the new steam production method i am developing.
The plans are proprietary and not available to public. It would be available under license for someone who could mass manufacture this on an assembly line.
Whats the new steam production method you have?
@@onggk6561 i am attempting to build the system and making youtube videos, the basics are using hydrogen in the boiler to produce the steam. my other channel (improvatech) has a few videos posted last year, havent had a chance to make more, but should be putting up a video in the coming week.
@@diabsiniman what exactly would be the commercial advantage of using an expensive fuel source like hydrogen combined with low efficiency thermal heat engine as the Rankine cycle?
THANKSGIVING
Wonderful concept young man
They should've made these for electric trains as well!..
Why?
I have seen this prototype system in operation and even operated it myself. ie hands on. It works even better now.
@Human4873 5kW. 4.5kW is an average
What kind of steam engine is it?
@@6969smurfy Single piston, double acting reciprocating engine. The design is unique and has patents granted globally including US, EU etc.
@@onggk6561 what is the cost and Specific Fuel Consumption??
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Its still not in commercial production so no final costs as yet.
Using steam to generate power & heating for your home without paying an utility and a grid...independent home power... most desirable for everyone....
well it's a shame there's no contact info, I think I might want one of these for an off-grid cabin.
Not ready yet for sale but off grid users would love this.
@@onggk6561 That remains as of yet completely unproven.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Dont need to prove anything to people like you.
@@onggk6561 You must provide some evidence to support claims that are clearly not possible due to the Laws of Thermodynamics and the Carnot Cycle formula.
Otherwise this is exactly what it appears to be, a fraudulent vaporware investment scam.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Who are you to demand evidence.? If you dont believe then dont believe. You are exactly the reason why there has been little updates. It attracts trolls who are rude, demanding and have little understanding of the tech because they are closed minded thinking that they know everything. There is on a 'need to know basis' and you dont qualify or need to know.
I’m so intrigued by steam. So many possibilities. Could grow fields of hemp and other fast growing plants to fuel them
Its very natural to be intrigued by technology you do not understand....
Why hemp? Do you smoke alot of weed?
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Can you not be interested in it even if you do?
I'm not an engineer, obviously, but old technology is still interesting
@@diobrando2160 I love old steam engines... but that doesn't change the fact that steam is obsolete in all but a few very specialized applications
@@sandervanderkammen9230 ohhh sander. Bless your heart
So, any link to the drawings/spec so a home machinist could make one ?
I need one
Thats great and all but did you know if the community invested in a small steam turbine power station it would be way cheaper and much better for the environment.
KlixTrio turbines are only efficient in high steam pressures and them turbines are a different class all together. Not for the homesteads if you get what I’m putting down.
The fuel consumption of small steam plants is staggering and more expensive than currently available generator equipment.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 btus are btus, a gallon of gasoline has 120k BTUs per gallon, a cord of wood has 30-million BTUs.
$200 in gasoline will get you 30 times less heat energy than $200 in wood, and it operates half as efficiently.
@@leeknivek And Carnot Cycle efficiency is dictated by the Laws of thermodynamics... a modern turbo Diesel automotive engine is roughly 700% more fuel efficient than Teds reciprocating steam engine...
Why would anyone power a steam car with wood?
700%? ok.......... sure ...
30-million vehicles in Europe were powered by wood during WWII during gasoline shortages, including tractors, boats, trucks, cars.
is this pure concept? or is it possible to access the blueprints? i live in cuba and is a very hard place for electricity devices right now
Pretty sure it’s in development still. Last I heard was about to mass produced in India
@@RebelFilms ty for answering
Whats happening now? Is there a product we can buy or can you share all the drawings & specs in the public domain.
Not sure. Made this film over 15 years sgo
Ted's company went bankrupt and left his investors penniless.
Ted's cars was auctioned off by creditors for scrap.
@@RebelFilms Drawings are proprietary but a unit is already running in Canberra, Australia
@@onggk6561 *Uniflow Power is a shameless investment scam.. just like the Pritchard Steam Car Company.*
@@onggk6561 who?
I'm working on re-inventing the wheel could you please send me some money.
Sorry the wheel already a thing
@@RebelFilms Yeah just like the steam engine.
This is great!
Would love to know details of the wood-fired boiler you are using to power the new stationary engine. Would you mind sharing? Thanks.
The biomass fired boiler at 2:38 takes all kinds of biomass. Some biomass with high moisture content would need to be dewatered into a fuel sludge 'cake' The boiler inside the casing is proprietary and has patents granted globally including US, EU, Australia, Japan, China, India. Using biomass fuel at 30% moisture content, 30kg/hour, output is 4.5kW ac, at least 20kW heat/steam. Steam out of the boiler is superheated 400C, 20 bar. All that from an engine that is relatively uninsulated and open.
@@onggk6561 What is the thermal fuel efficiency???
@@sandervanderkammen9230 This is still work in progress as we make, run and improve prototypes. It will also vary with type of fuel and as the unit is biomass fuel agnostic, then there will be various thermal fuel efficiency. In general, it would consume 30kg/hr of biomass at 30% moisture content. Output is 4.5kW, 240V ac, 20 kW thermal heat/steam. The unit is also largely uninsulated for now for test purposes so a lot of heat is not captured.
@@onggk6561 This prototype has been demonstrated for over a decade now, why is there no third party, independent testing results available?
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Partly correct but that includes in the early days of making parts from Teds hand drawn drawings, digitising drawings etc. The early years have seen slow progress. The prototype has undergone 4 iterations, the last of which is also on UA-cam. Its not fully ready for 3rd party independent testing. Progress is quite dependent on funding, all of which so far has been from family and friends and some government grants. Its at Technology Realisation Level 7.5. Further funding been sought. At late seed stage.
I hope this engine works out.
Steam is old obsolete technology..
It's the sole domain of crooks and crackpots.
I heard the words "An engine that runs on anything that burns!"
1. Wood
2. Gasoline
3. Alcohol
4. Propane
5. Hydrogen
6. Kerosene
7. Diesel
8. Trash
9.Coal
🤔 Hmmm, the powers at be definitely don't want you to have that type of Independence.
yes, and they made sure it did not become something...
You certainly have to be very gullible and naive to believe that steam is still commercially viable today.
But of course most conspiracy theories are not based on sound thermodynamics or economics.
@@jandoerlidoe3412 Nah, smart people just ignore the crazy conspiracy theories
@Sander Van der Kammen Smart people have no common sense and only believe what they’re told to believe. Makes you wonder who the smart people really are .
@@84jamesp Smart people learn and understand the _Second Law of Thermodynamics_
Stupid people believe anything...
Why does this only have 37k views UA-cam???
Because Ted Pritchard was a batshite crackpot and a con man that scammed investors and the Australian government.
That Steam engine will be great for countries that have no oil or gas resources.
Steam engines are bad for countries with no oil or gas resources...
They are bad for all countries because they are extremely inefficient and expensive to construct and maintain.
Reciprocating steams are obsolete technology.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about, you just think you know, but you're talking a load of wind. One if the very most basic points you've completely missed is that a large part of the efficiency of a steam plant depends upon the design of the steam generator, yet you only mention engines. There are many different factors and design points involved. Bet you've never even hard of secondary air admission (as per L.D.Porta) for example.
I'd sure like to know what is so new or revolutionary about this engine. People have been using steam to drive pistons for hundreds of years and steam to drive turbines for more than 100 years. Titanic did both.
Steam locomotives used some very innovative methods of metering and timing the steam applied to the cylinders to achieve good efficiency. I would imagine that adding computer sensing and control (as in car engines of the last 5 to 10 years) could increase and automate that control to increase power, efficiency, and reduce pollution. If the ideas are patented, then there is little risk in making at least some info public.
There was nothing new or innovative.
The Pritchard Steam Company was an investment scam.
This was in my mind and u made it. Cheers from Ukraine. This neing needed all over the world.
I want one
Where can I find it, the machine
Seized by the Australian courts and sold for scrap, Ted suddenly left the company and it filed bankruptcy after huge sums of money went missing.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 not Ted's but the modern biomass burner steam generator
@@mlionea *Yeah, that's a vaporware investment scam too.*
They will be back no oil on the way it would be handy if small tractors can be set up with modern steam engines.
Reciprocating steam engines are obsolete technology... they are never coming back because they are horribly inefficient and dirty.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Thanks for reply
I'd like to have one of these generators myself, is it still just a prototype?
+Shipwright1918 They have gone into production in India.
@@RebelFilms Its not in production as yet.
Prototype and in field testing stage.
@@onggk6561
Well if they ever need a good steam man to help test 'em, they can look me up anytime.
@@Shipwright1918 Where are you located?
There are two technologies here, the boiler and the steam engine which been proprietary are not shown in the video.
The efficiency limits of steam generators and reciprocating Rankine cycle engines are well-known and understood, what evidence is available regarding the fuel consumption and energy efficiency specifications?
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Running trials are well documented and discussed internally. Boiler and steam engine have patents granted.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 On a need to know basis, you dont qualify to know.
@@onggk6561 Of course it's a secret... wouldn't want potential -suckers- investors to know this is all just a fake vaporware scam.
This chump keeps screaming sCaM! Without providing evidence.
Claiming something is "well documented" and not providing documents, is deceitful.
This is what hyde was talking about when he said "theres this car that runs on water MAN"
Ted's car burned petroleum... and lots of it.
Kool.this would be cool for offgrid.
Would be better if the boiler is integrated to heating exchange, cooking, warm water circuit for bathing.
Better with time and more research a turbine generator.
This is what would eliminate the waste disposal problem.
integrate a fan to blow air.
This can also incinerate the diapers and tampons,and menstrual pads.
Buying into this. Variable size models. Chat here or dm
This company is nothing but a fraudulent vaporware investment scam.
The unit running in Canberra, Australia does have a heat exchange loop for space heating and hot water. A turbine generator who make the whole setup very expensive and complicated. A simple alternator driven by a belt is adequate. There are two cooling fans which are essentially truck radiator fans so hot air for drying/heating can be available.
Making your own power & heating, disconnecting from the grid.... That will not be allowed.... and how did Ted meet his end ?
Ted suffered mentally from being screwed by big buisiness. He passed over ten years ago a broken and dissolutioned
Ted was always few pounds short of a full head of steam...
I’m disappointed that the title says it’s a ‘new’ kind of steam engine, then doesn’t say what’s new or different about the way it functions. Is it more efficient than other types of steam engine, if so why? How is it less polluting because people could burn anything, including plastics that give of harmful gases
Ian Canty This is an extract from a longer Doco. Ted did invent a née type of engine.
A lot of people were dissappointed by Ted Pritchards claims and many of them lost all of their money too.
The Pritchard Steam Company never successfully demonstrated any viable new technology, his prototype was nothing more than a rather simple reciprocating steam engine what was new was his marketing of a obsolete technology as a solution to hysterical fears generated by the OPEC Oil Crisis.. but his business practices were dubious at best.
I hope that steam engine would be useful in making cars today!
Why? Steam cars are obsolete.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 Because it fun?
@@gunbuckybucketman4578 so buy an old one.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 How about make a new one? The old ones are pretty much a bunch of expensive collectables at this point.
@@gunbuckybucketman4578 You think building new ones would be cheaper???
That engine NEED Make steam by electrical resistance !!!
Why would anyone use electricity to run a steam engine???
5 years later.... what did happen so far ??
Ted died. Not sure where it’s all at
Ted's company failed and went bankrupt... his investors lost everything.
Ted's car was auctioned off by his creditors for scrap metal.
Challenging times are here
And reciprocating steam engines are definitely the past... not the future.
I don't see how a steam generator would be more economical to run than an IC generator, which could even run on wood gas.
ICE are significantly more efficient than steam... which is why steam is obsolete in nearly every application.
My guess is, is that it isn't. However, steam does have the merit of being able to run off of literally anything that burns. So in very remote locations, with little conventional fuel available, or with only small quanities of various different fuels available, a steam generator is a viable option. However, a steam turbine generally has higher efficiency and may be better suited to the task than a reciprical engine.
@@__-fm5qv There is no way a reciprocating steam engine could be economically viable or energy efficient compared to a Diesel engine... even a gas turbine would out perform steam in larger application.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 A gas turbine (if you're going to drive motion directly from it) doesn't have the throttle response to be a suitable for an automotive application.
I'm not saying that "steam power is the future" I'm just suggesting its potential hasn't be properly explored with modern design techniques and modern materials. And it would be interesting to have someone try and match the efficiency and usablity of a convensional IC engine.
@@__-fm5qvlook up "The railway at the end of the world", then look up the link "locomotives". (It's in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina. They have 2 of the world's most efficient and environmentally friendly steam locomotives. One of the reasons that the railway has them is because they are more efficient than any deisel locomotives they could find.
Did you make it work my frnd or shall I say did teds dream came true
Ted's company failed and went bankrupt amid allegations of fraud and embezzlement.
Ted's car was auctioned off by creditors for scrap.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 I could make it work in just 300 dollars material to build this in India is cheaper, not RnD working model with few refined Tweeks to use any kind of fuel source, will you fund me, people blindly say people like him or should I say us fruad or it won't work easily never realise what we are trying to achieve are you one of them or something different let me know if you're onboard if not i will move on thinking I just met an another one those guys
@@ranksns408 Science is the advancement of knowledge...
This requires education, including studying the work of others in the past, to pickup and continue the work of those who were successful... and avoiding the mistakes made by the failures of the past.
Ted Pritchard was uneducated and wasted his life repeating the mistakes of the past... just like you are now.
I'm a guy that learned the Second Law of Thermodynamics... and why steam cars are obsolete.
My condolences to you.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 i'am sorry you feel that way you people hanging on to century old law never willing to make re-search on why couldn't be Newton wrong never wanted to step out of our forefather wealth and work our way to top, Einstein never wanted prove sir Isaac was wrong, so he gone around the problems Newton law had will you disagree
@@ranksns408 You are clearly a very ignorant person with no formal education or professional experience in science or engineering.
You are obviously not qualified to speak inteligently about steam engines or the Laws of Thermodynamics that limit the efficiency performance of the Rankine Cycle.
Ted are you still alive... I would like to talk to you.
Sadly Ted has Passed away
@@RebelFilms Too many of us old guys are going now. I have been editing the TES4 Engine for a good while and after correcting over 200,000 spelling errors and conflicting data entries through some 47,000,000,000 bytes in tens of thousands of files I am certain I have a really good game engine to work with. Just wish I had some people that wanted to make something with it. Nothing like playing a Fallout game that doesn't freeze or crash 2 or 3 times an hour.
@@spankystar9316 Hmmm very interesting. Ted had amazing support from Michael McCann, who is still involved.
IMO too complex. Have you heard about wood gas generator?
Yep, seen in action.
Steam engines are horribly inefficient
internal combustion engines running on wood gas or methane is a very successful and practical alturnative fuel option if the economic factors are right.
The devil won't let this happen
Bummer!
Are you hearing voices in your head again?
@@sandervanderkammen9230 nah, I'm not mentally ill like you who thinks the government don't suppress anything. Shouldn't u be wearing mask and taking the vaccine instead of commenting here u gullible loon?
@@BOREDANDWELLBORED You never answered my question?
At least I can solve basic math problems.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 and you never answered my question either. Aren't u paranoid of a virus from China trying to get you? Have you gotten your booster shot yet loon? You hearing voices in your head? Maybe it's the virus 😂 better get vaccinated again
Put electric steam replacing wood.
Why would anyone build an electric steam engine???
Anyone ever make a steamer airplane?
Havnt heard of one
Here is a video of a plane flying with an externally fired steam engine in 1934
ua-cam.com/video/nw6NFmcnW-8/v-deo.html
Here's the Bessler Steam tractor ua-cam.com/video/iG2mBu3pxVo/v-deo.html . This company even built a steam car .
Sorry, it's a Bryant Steam Tractor . ua-cam.com/video/PU2cuE6MhzA/v-deo.html
Yes there was one in 36
Wish i could buy one at a reasonable price
Why? Steam cars are obsolete because they sucked.
WHAT IF U CONVERT A V12 ENGINE TO USE STEAM
Why?
@@sandervanderkammen9230 just a question
@@TimSmith-vl4qk The V-12 cylinder configuration while having several advantages in internal combustion engines it has no advantages in a steam engine.
@@sandervanderkammen9230 i said conversion like when you convert it to use something else or build a v12 equivent of a steam engine
@@TimSmith-vl4qk Yes, there would be no advantages to building V-12 steam engine... its a dumb idea.
The petroleum industry might not be too happy about this! 😃
The petroleum industry would be very happy to see the roads filled with fuel guzzlers with inefficient steam engines,
Its the beta for Mr. fusion from back to the future. 😂😂😂
😂🤣😂
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It’s just an expensive steam power plant....struggles to power lights
ALL electric power today is generated using steam. we move power through electricity instead of crankshafts or steampipes because its the most efficient and least lossy way to do that. we have moved away from pistons because Turbines are just better performative and benefit from scale and scope better. Fundamentally the challenge always lies in the question of "how do we heat that steam?". Burning stuff is the most primitive way, and the fuel source has changed throughout history. wood, Coal, oil, gas, hydrogen. whenever we can get away with it, we should make use of already present motion, be it wind or water, to skip the fuel and steam step and go straight to electric generation. but the big oil companies don't want that of course because the world is ruled by short term profit. it makes far more sense to decentralize power with small scale wind and hydro power that require far fewer moving parts, are cheaper to build, and don't deplete local resources.
*Crackpot!*
Your comments reveal someone with a very limited education and does not understand the Laws of thermodynamics or the Laws of Supply and Demand.
No new tech there, just piston and slidevalve..