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the same advantages of ready availability and reduced labour cost; at the same time, they have been shown to greatly reduce air and ground pollution. Their economic superiority has meant that they have largely replaced the diesel locomotives and railcars previously operating the line; additionally, steam locomotives are a tourist attraction.
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mountain railway locomotives that were newly built from 1992 to 1998. They were developed for three companies in
Switzerland and Austria and continued to work on two of these lines as of 2008. The new steam locomotives burn the same grade of light oil as their diesel counterparts, and all demonstrate
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during the 1970s oil crisis. The locomotive would look like a diesel, and was designed to compete with current diesel locomotives by using coal, much cheaper than oil at the time. The ACE 3000 would feature many new technologies, such as automatic firing and water-level control. The locomotive would
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that had been refitted with a diesel-electric engine in the 1960s. Economic aims similar to those achieved with the rack locomotives were pursued through automatic control of the light-oil-fired boiler and remote control of the engine from the bridge, enabling the steamship to be operated by a crew
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generates 27% efficiency and runs with 180 °C steam at 8 bar pressure, while a corresponding steam turbine produces just 15% efficiency, requires steam temperature of 240 °C and pressure of 40 bar. The high efficiency comes from a patented crank mechanism, that gives a smooth, pulseless
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losses, the separation of the processes allows specific problems to be addressed at each stage without revising the whole system every time. For instance, the boiler or steam generator can be adapted to use any heat source, whether obtained from solid, liquid or gaseous fuel, and can use
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railway locomotives incorporating advanced steam technology was a precursor of the 'Modern Steam' movement from 1948. Where possible, Porta much preferred to design new locomotives, but more often in practice he was forced to radically update old ones to incorporate the new technology.
600:, a Berlin-based R&D company that later developed the Steamcell, during the 1990s was working on the single-cylinder ZEE (Zero Emissions Engine), followed by the compact 3-cylinder EZEE (Equal-to-Zero-Emissions-Engine) designed to fit in the engine compartment of a
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be able to be connected to a diesel unit and run in unison with it, so that it would not be necessary to hook up two identical locomotives. The ACE 3000 was one of the most publicised attempts at modern steam, but the project ultimately failed due to lack of funds.
594:'s main field of research from the late 1950s until the 1970s was the building of several efficient steam power units working on the uniflow system adapted to a small truck and two cars. One of the cars was achieving the lowest emissions figures of that time.
294:(some sources give McCallum), conducted experiments on a stationary steam plant with encouraging results. A company, Steam Heat Conservation (SHC), was formed and a demonstration of Anderson's system was arranged at Surbiton Electricity Generating Station.
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Finnish company Steammotor Finland has developed a small rotary steam engine that runs with 800 kW steam generator. The engines are planned to produce electricity in wood chip fired power plants. According to the company, the steam engine named
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developed an electro-mechanical system that reacted simultaneously to steam temperature and pressure, starting and stopping the feed pumps whilst igniting and cutting out the burner according to boiler pressure. The contraflow
481:. The use of biofuel remains controversial; however, liquid biofuels are easier to manufacture for steam plant than for diesels as they do not demand the stringent fuel standards required to protect diesel injectors.
169:) but contained so little water in circulation as to present no risk of explosion. This type of boiler was continuously developed in the US, Britain and Germany throughout the 1930s and into the 1950s for use in
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are achievable by steam compared to other combustion technologies, since it does not involve explosive combustion, thus removing the need for add-ons (such as filters) or special preparation of fuel.
290:), it would be possible to return the exhaust steam to the boiler by a pump which would consume only 1–2% of the engine's power output. Between 1925 and 1927 Anderson, and another Glasgow engineer
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Anderson system in 1930. The locomotive underwent trials and initial results were encouraging. After an uphill trial from
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manufactures steam-powered generators in a range of sizes from 4 hp to 50 hp. They also offer a number of different mills that can be powered by their engines.
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1210:"Uniflow Technology: Technology page"
833:. July 1933 – via Google Books.
827:"World's First Steam Driven Airplane"
778:Steam locomotives of the 21st century
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2560:List of steam technology patents
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768:List of steam technology patents
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235:Southern Railway (Great Britain)
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406:which had many novel features.
251:Reduced boiler maintenance for
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2531:History of steam road vehicles
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272:Harry Percival Harvey Anderson
264:mechanical vapor recompression
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657:Institute on the Environment
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503:Small-scale stationary plant
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2616:History of the steam engine
2119:Condensing steam locomotive
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248:Reduced water consumption
102:Advanced steam technology
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807:Walton, J.N. (1965–74).
543:Concentrated solar power
402:, Bulleid also designed
133:Improving steam traction
2575:Timeline of steam power
2570:Stationary steam engine
2453:Woolf's compound engine
2360:Soho Manufactory engine
2215:Steeple compound engine
1882:straight line mechanism
653:University of Minnesota
195:Travel Air 2000 biplane
2580:Water-returning engine
2554:Lean's Engine Reporter
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758:Combined gas and steam
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2013:Babcock & Wilcox
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1144:"Why a steam engine"
1057:"Willkommen bei DLM"
1031:Porta, L.D. (2006).
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736:Fireless locomotives
590:Australian engineer
396:Franco-Crosti boiler
392:BR Standard Class 9F
239:Condensing apparatus
213:running at 275
127:thermal power plants
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2005:Water-tube boilers
1819:Gresley conjugated
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1876:Tusi couple
1789:Walschaerts
1674:Atmospheric
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1370:Spilling.de
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908:13 February
783:Steam motor
700:Cab-forward
659:(IonE) and
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602:Škoda Fabia
445:fossil fuel
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404:CIÉ No. CC1
359:Argentinian
217:(1.90
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154:Abner Doble
142:Abner Doble
63:if you can.
2595:Categories
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2491:High-speed
2384:Lap Engine
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2244:Precursors
2129:Kirchweger
2091:Locomotive
2038:Three-drum
2018:Field-tube
1985:Locomotive
1967:Lancashire
1887:Link chain
1871:Crankshaft
1838:Mechanisms
1766:Valve gear
1340:"TinyTech"
794:References
492:waste heat
284:kilojoules
2536:Cugnot's
2479:Salamanca
2180:Hydrolock
2165:Crosshead
2111:Condenser
1947:Egg-ended
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884:Ian Allan
773:Steam car
707:turntable
528:micro CHP
524:Steamcell
473:or other
361:engineer
315:Eastleigh
253:limescale
191:speedboat
187:switchers
152:In 1922,
2519:See also
2445:Compound
2320:Old Bess
2160:Blowback
2083:Cylinder
2069:Injector
2028:Stirling
2023:Sentinel
1937:Haystack
1851:Cataract
1824:Southern
1814:Caprotti
1689:Compound
1268:30 April
1160:cite web
857:Archived
752:See also
682:Sentinel
612:Rail use
532:PC tower
520:Enginion
432:Montreux
303:Surbiton
288:kilogram
286:in each
201:Sentinel
183:railcars
69:May 2024
45:require
2235:History
2144:Surface
1962:Cornish
1922:Boilers
1804:Corliss
1741:Corliss
1724:D slide
1694:Uniflow
1684:Cornish
1350:10 June
1284:"Exoes"
999:7 March
853:YouTube
717:Garratt
687:Both 52
619:52 8055
576:Quadrum
475:biofuel
400:Ireland
268:Glasgow
255:removal
47:cleanup
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2170:Cutoff
2043:Yarrow
1995:Launch
1990:Scotch
1751:Sleeve
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