Homebuilt Steam Turbine Model - dirty but working

[erendira1709]

Where did you find the GENERATOR?? D:

[arnoldaszlt]

NICE ONE. we have one it the school. but just bigger.

[bratmassakern]

Nice! Know how many volts/amps it produces? :)

[SuperDrummer109]

HOW DID YOU MAKE THE TURBINE? EXPLAIN?

[jallaguri]

Next time try to make a steam engine out of a Predator 500 oil pump. It will spend ALL the pressure you got to turn the rotor. Lots of power, and highly efficient.

[SkYjUmPeR5015]

all that for that little lamp?!?!?

[zogworth]

@SkYjUmPeR5015

I think it was done more for the spirit of inquiry rather than to seriously generate power...

Whats wrong with experimenting and learning new skills?

[willavr]

How many RPMs is it doing?



[HWman1991]

cool very cool

[CuteGirlApurva]

nice..............but give detailed steps please!

[casinosaif007]

how much volt does it generate????when i checked, the led didn't light up.....and will a 12 volt dc motor work?? and how to create pressure????

[casinosaif007]

how much volt does it generate????when i checked, the led didn't light up.....and will a 12 volt dc motor work?? and how to create pressure????

[roadragecafe]

Amazing! It would be neat to try with a mini camping stove!

[guymark]

Good work - as you say, a bit "dirty" or "Rough and ready", but it does the job it was made to do and is indeed a working steam turbine :)

[MR3ALIK]

i have made similar thing...but pressure is very low...please tell me how to maintain pressure....please rply

[shanittrainer]

I appreciate your creative idea to choose homely available resources. You did what I wanted; its a very simple form of a steam turbine, done fantastically! No doubt. Keep up the good work, move boldly to next project. You are a MINI scientist. Negative comments would come from jealousy people only.

[videodude4]

Any ideas to where I can find out how to make this? And how do you refill the container?

[adambus77]

@videodude4 I think it's easy to guess how to make similar turbine. I refill the container through the steam output in two ways 1) using syringe and needle 2) directly from a tap and then I press the button (that for cream) to let the air out of the container

[6116merl]

Hmmm, interesting boiler. Do you mind if I just take my tea outside ?......

[chilidress]

HOW U MADE THE BOILER????MAKE TUTORIAL

[adambus77]

@chilidress the boiler can be an empty spray container (I used 400 ml whipped cream container) with soldered or glued (epoxy) output tube (I have ~4 mm o.d. soldered tube). The container should be steel, aluminium, brass...Be careful with this - can explode when you overheat/overpressurize it!

[poweressen]

@adambus77 And when you puncture it LOL

[poweressen]

@chilidress Take the propane tank on the BBQ of your father then throw it in the fire, it should make enough pression! :D

[UnknownK1995]

so much 4 just lighting that LED??

[adambus77]

@UnknownK1995 I didn't try to connect more LEDs in parallel. It was just to check how big voltage there was. I'm sure more LEDs will work

[bustedbit]

I'm about to make one similar, but with an old, steel, 5 gallong gas can, to use for powering an old dic man for my camping trips. Hook up some old computer speakers and I'mm be set. I should only need to be able to output about 6v.

[Nomoreidsleft]

Thanks for the entertaining video. The anticipation of the explosion of the can was almost unbearable. But, I suppose if it did blow up we would not have see this video, since you would be in the hospital. Be sure to let your loved ones know that they should post the video in the event that you can't, next time.

[adambus77]

@Nomoreidsleft so you want to see me suffering? btw If you want to see this kind of accident put "Jims exploding steam engine " on yt. They had really nice boiler with pressure-meter and safety valve but...it went BOOM ! mine not till now :-p

[Nomoreidsleft]

@adambus77 No, I hate to see people get hurt for not good reason, but it were to explode while you were filming, it would be a shame to waste the footage.

[adambus77]

@Nomoreidsleft Oh nice but it's not the rule that exploding boiler must waste the footage ("Jims exploding steam engine")

[Nomoreidsleft]

@adambus77 I mean if it exploded while you were filming, your family might not want to post it on YouTube, and you might not be able to. So if you leave instructions in advance, they will know that you would want it posted on YouTube, postumusly.

[yahyaarshad]

we can use 1mm diameter nozzle for this experiment or bigger

[adambus77]

@yahyaarshad 1mm - you mean outer or inner diameter?

[yahyaarshad]

we can use simple pipe instead of copper tube.is something added in bottle.we can use benser burner instead of kitchen oven for boiling.please answer me sooner its urgent .

[adambus77]

@yahyaarshad copper tube - you mean in the nozzle? you can use any metal low diameter pipe (for example, steel syringe needle) or maybe even plastic. Bunsen burner - ok; in the bottle there is only water (about half) 

[Superguerrerosongoku]

whats the temperature rating fot the turbine? 100 degree celcius or higher?, im about to make an acrilic casing for my turbine, but i dont know whether acrilic will resist the heat... I will use a water pump to increase pressure and i will try to overheat the steam. *just try*

[adambus77]

@Superguerrerosongoku the transparent part of the casing is weak (polystyrene) which melts a little. Acrylic can be better but not too much (~115 C). Steel plate will be much better if you don't need transparency

[blueovalfan23]

all you need is a million of those and you can power you entire home.

[adambus77]

@blueovalfan23 some thousands would be enough

[superfunnyman123]

BOOM!

[walter0bz]

plastic tube near to gas flame...

[adambus77]

@walter0bz and?

[chsxtian]

@adambus77 it will destroy your house ;) or even worse... the tube could melt (you might want to watch out for that because it could start blowing steam everywhere, and steam is hot... you might catch a 1st degree burn on a finger)

[vaughanify]

0:32

OMGLAWL!

[JennaSmith987]

i like the video that shows a working model.

good work.

[adambus77]

@JennaSmith987 thanks!

[svofski]

Nice!

[adambus77]

thanks mate!

[Yohen212]

wat is the turbine connected to??

is it a dynamo

[adambus77]

@Yohen212 something like that but it's an old brushed DC electric motor taken from tape recorder (9V, ~3000rpm)

[Yohen212]

hey wat is the turbine connected to ? is it a dynamo?

[vladabuba]

Thanks for video, i really liked how you made proof of concept with parts from scrap. I'm also interested in generated amperage. How much costs efficient steam turbine for home or small business use? Bye

[adambus77]

@vladabuba thanks! but i have no idea about the cost of commercial turbines...

[gokcen33026]

Thank you for sharing the exprience!

I have a question.

Is the system torque enough for propulsion of a model ship?

I want to built a homemade steam turbine powered r/c boat. I try to built a steam turbine; however, i haven't had enough turning yet.

My propulsion process is:

Steam turns turbine.

Turbine turns shaft.

Shaft turns propeller of ship.

So, the ship can move. I control the system with a R/C Transmitter (servos)

[phatrides222000]

u need a gear box

[JoeCoolTV]

you used more electricity to heat the Boiler then you produced for the LED

[adambus77]

I haven't used electricity - just gas! So you have conversion of energy from chemical (gas) into electric (LED). Of course it's only a model so efficiency isn't very high

[bittuthegod]

bekar nahi ai bhai

[adambus77]

no i o co Ci chodzi

[adambus77]

but I haven't tested how many LEDs I can connect in parallel (I must buy more LEDs)

[adambus77]

enough to power red LED so about 2.5-3 V

[kugan04]

awesome dude,

thanks for uploading

[adambus77]

thanx!

[KooKooCow]

neato!