Skinner Steam Engine Electricity Generator

[lostbuffalo]

It would be interesting to hook up something like this with a freon or an ammonia refrigeration cycle instead of steam for pressure... solar providing the heat

[johncarl43447]

that is a beautiful piece of iron!

[KenMacMillan]

125hp X 5252 / 1rpm = 656500 foot pounds of torque at startup!

[ScoutCrafter]

Built before planned obsolesence! Amazing!

Great video! Thanks for sharing...

[Polybun]

Oh nice, it's regulated via valve cut off.  Very good for effeciency that.

[testerz123456]

how are they generating the steam?

[boldziga]

very smooth

[SuperJoaoB]

sorry the bad English but who is the manufacturer of this engine

[steamnut2008]

Assume a 20 KW will power a normal sized house, then this will power between 4 and 6 houses, maybe more.

I need this in my back yard.

[4freespeech]

@steamnut2008 Imagine the size of the BOILER

it would take to operate an engine with this bore

& stroke at a useable RPM! You better have a coal

mine or 100 acres of trees in your backyard, too.

OR, if you could get waste oil by the barrel, use

an oil burner to fire your boiler.

With a big boiler and a large enough dynamo,

this engine could power the entire neighborhood!

[steamnut2008]

Power(in voltamperes)=V(voltage)*I(curr­ent)*cos theta

with cos theta being the power factor.

Don't want to neglect the power factor.

Can melt the wiring.

[steamnut2008]

125 hp = approx. 93,250 watts @746 W/hp Assume 0.8 power factor 116.56 KVA @240 volt, 3-phase 116KVA / 240 root 3 = 280 amperes @480 volt, 3-phase 116KVA / 480 root 3 = 140 amperes @240 volt, 1-phase, 3-wire 116 KVA / 240 = 486 amperes @120 volt (doubtful it is wired for this) 116 KVA / 120 = 971 amperes

[ionshield]

power = e(volts) x I (current)

93Kw = 110v x 845amps @ 100% efficiency

[trailbuddi]

You said it's probably about 125 horse power. I think 746 W is equivalent to 1 hp. So 125 x 746 = 93,250 W

So the electricity can be max of about 93KW if efficiencty is high.

Does this sound reasonable?

[brush1934]

well done very interesting

Search 'Brush engine Malta'

Search 'underground flour mill malta'

[coondogtheman1234]

how many amps can this baby pump out?

[angelica14709]

They are working on it, not known at this time.

[aflacduky]

1991 wow! thank you guys for saving this old girl :}

[rwp1946]

On behalf of myself and friends.... thank you for rescuing this old workhorse.... 

(from the west coast of Canada)

[Robkat3751]

How many pounds per hour would it take to generate electricity? What is the PSI demand needed?

[angelica14709]

After the electric panel is installed it will be trial and error to figure out how many PSI will produce how many watts of electricity. The capacity of the generator is unkown at this time, the question you ask is challenging. Maybe there is an old timer at the Babcock Ladder Company who knows. Steam turbines are much more efficent used by power plants. Wind energy better yet. Thanks for the comment.

[Robkat3751]

Then let me ask this. This engine is running just for exibition. How many RPMs then when it is at constant work?

[angelica14709]

Yes the engine is running only at a fraction of speed just to demonstrate the action. Running at full speed would be hard to see the motion. To output 110 volts the generator will determine the RPM. The larger the diameter of the generator, the slower it has to run. The governor will be set to keep it at 110 volts. The RPM is unknown at this time.

[angelica14709]

The pulley at the end also drove the machinery in the plant to make ladders until 1991. The pulleys were sized to run the machinery at optimim speeds so this sucker did some work in it's previous life. Did you read the "more" in blue.

[fufufufufu1]

Nothing could be finer, thanks

[angelica14709]

This sent by message.

Would you happen to have the manual to build the above? I work with a lot of charities in Africa,and I was thinking of using the above but heating it with parabolic solar plates to achieve Zero emissions. Thx Max

[angelica14709]

Wow the engine is running very slow and would take a huge amount of steam to run fast enough to generate electricity. The steel castings to build this engine are also huge and it is no longer practical to build this engine, as they did in 1895. It is a great idea you have, thanks for the message.

[otherpower]

Thats brilliant! Probably the neatest electric plant I've ever seen.

[s16100]

Sweet. I love it. She is a beauty. Take good care of her for sure. I would love to help with that project.

[angelica14709]

When can I see this engine be run again?

[lilbrudder32]

simply awesome... thanks for rescuing this old iron and putting it to use. :)