Posted by Jim Lee [162.158.106.117] on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 18:28:12 :
In Reply to: Re: Sterling posted by Greg Coffin [172.68.65.249] on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 17:31:52 :
You can push a ship with steam.
Here's my current idea for a "boiler".
Take a couple wraps of this flexible 1/4" stainless tube and put it in the campfire. One end hooks to the engine. The other has a check valve and then goes down into the bucket where its attached to the pump. The part in the fire should get extremely hot really fast. Then start pumping water into it through the check valve.
I'd think as soon as the water hit it, we'd be starting to build pressure.
I wonder if you could control the pump by pressure alone? If the pressure is low, pump in more water. If its too high, wait for the engine to run out what's in there.
-jim lee
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