It's a centrifuge to separate oil & water. Steam leaks past piston rings & condenses; so we get a mix of oil & water in the sump. Liquid is drawn from the bottom of the sump & fed to the centrifuge. Clean oil is returned to the sump; clan water is returned to the water reservoir.
Spot on. Standard VW block & 2 cylinders. The other 2 were removed to make space for the steam plant.
The car started life as an aircooled beetle. Fiberfab plastic body was applied to that. Then Peter Barrett bought the coupe & transplanted steam plant from his Triumph Spitfire steam car. Converted beetle engine to steam - more robust than the converted outboard engine that came before.
Ken, would that that were so, but I'm afraid not. I think steam car HP ratings were not a measure of mechanical power produced; they were a measure of the production rate of their boilers making steam. One HP was about 9800 watts.
My guess was the mechanical shaft power delivered by the engine. That was 50 bhp, where 1 bhp = 746 watts. So my 50 bhp = 37 kilowatts of shaft power. Mr Stanley's 30HP car had a 300 kilowatt kettle.
whats the big vertical spinning thing in the middle?
pfun41 9 months ago
It's a centrifuge to separate oil & water. Steam leaks past piston rings & condenses; so we get a mix of oil & water in the sump. Liquid is drawn from the bottom of the sump & fed to the centrifuge. Clean oil is returned to the sump; clan water is returned to the water reservoir.
rtdgreg 9 months ago
Great to see you're working on it again :-) Looking forward to seeing it!
Cheers
Jerry
ijerry1 11 months ago
It looks like a converted Volkswagen engine.
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
Spot on. Standard VW block & 2 cylinders. The other 2 were removed to make space for the steam plant.
The car started life as an aircooled beetle. Fiberfab plastic body was applied to that. Then Peter Barrett bought the coupe & transplanted steam plant from his Triumph Spitfire steam car. Converted beetle engine to steam - more robust than the converted outboard engine that came before.
rtdgreg 1 year ago
@rtdgreg You can tell by the way it moves. How much power does it produce?
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
Sorry, I really don't know, but my guess is about 50bhp.
rtdgreg 1 year ago
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KenMacMillan 1 year ago
@rtdgreg If you're right that would make it more powerful than any other steam car except the Doble.
KenMacMillan 1 year ago
Ken, would that that were so, but I'm afraid not. I think steam car HP ratings were not a measure of mechanical power produced; they were a measure of the production rate of their boilers making steam. One HP was about 9800 watts.
My guess was the mechanical shaft power delivered by the engine. That was 50 bhp, where 1 bhp = 746 watts. So my 50 bhp = 37 kilowatts of shaft power. Mr Stanley's 30HP car had a 300 kilowatt kettle.
rtdgreg 1 year ago
I am VERY impressed!
JasonsBugRanch 1 year ago
Thanks Jason - work has been suspended for quite a long time. I'm back on the job.
Greg
rtdgreg 1 year ago