Mark J Norton/OSE Work
Contents
Currently
Steam Engine
- Steam Engine Design
- Getting reviews of the 2011 steam engine design.
- Rotating Valve Design
Organization
- OSE Projects
- OSE Organizational Structure
Things To Do
Steam Technology
- Break out steam tech into it's own set of pages
- Theory
- Boyle's Law
- Ideal Gas Law
- Steam Tables
- Energy Calculations
- Overview of Thermodynamics
- Historic Extractions of Knowledge
- Turbine Theory
- Research
- Safety and Regulations
- Generic requirements
- Identify safety issues
- US State Codes
- US Federal Codes (ASME standards)
- Other Countries
- Safety Equipment
- OSE Steam Safety
- Requirements
- Test protocols
- Goal is to meet or exceed!
- Safety and Regulations
- Applications
- Heating
- Cooling
- Cleaning - Paint Removal?
- Sterilization
Steam Engine
- Refine the main entry page at Steam Engine
- Wiki Work
- Create a list of tools needed (esp. measurement tools) - Steam Engine/Tools
- Add steam engine emails between me and Marcin to Steam Engine/Correspondence page and/or forum.
- Research
- Simulation
- Other Steam Projects
- Steam Cars (SACA)
- Steam Locomotives
- Steam Boats
- Steam Tractors
- Steam Engines and Modelers
- Compile links to web sites
- Extract useful knowledge
- Babbit metal bearings
- Experiments
- Valve Design
- Control valves
- Pressure Relief Valves
- Valve Materials
- Bearings
- Kinds
- Properties
- Seals
- Kinds
- Properties
- Wear characteristics and failure points
- Modeling
- Scale models in brass
- Mock-ups in wood and plastic
- The "printable" air engine
- Conversions
- General conversion problems
- Engines and Engine Blocks
- Custom Headers
- Compressors
- Hydraulic Cynlinders
- Others
- Steam Engine Design
- Consider using a design comparison template like the one in Solar Designs Compared
- Consider mounting cylinder on a slant and moving water drain to end cap.
- Square cylinder engine design
- Update Systems Engineering, see Systems Engineering
- Review Steam Engine Design
- SACA - some done
- PKI - Ron Whaley - in prog
- Parts
- Add Mufflers links
- Add High Temperature Thread Sealer links
- Expand valve design patterns - add CAD drawings
- Steam Condensers
- Universal mounting system
- Adjustable length connector rod
- Crankshafts
- Re-using existing crankshafts
- Alternate crankshaft designs
- Instrumentation and Testing
- Pressure Sensors (Digital and Analog)
- Shaft and Position Encoders (Digital)
- Temperature Sensors (Digital and Analog)
- Power Read-out and Indicator Diagram Generators
- Using Air Compressors to Test Equipment
- Steam Engine Specifications
- Look into SKDB for build packages, etc.
- Mineral Oil Sources and Prices
- Project
- Revise Steam Engine Bill of Materials
- Product Metric Scores, see Product Selection Metric
- Other Steam Engine Topics
- Water and Air Pumps
- Vacuum Source
- Oil Pump
- Organic Rankine Cycle Vapor Engine
- Differences?
- Sterling Engine
- Limitations - theoretical and practical
- Existing Designs
- Commercial offerings
- What can be done with a large heat difference?
- Radiators and Heat Diffusers
- Fluids, membranes, materials
- Steam Turbine Engine
- What are the general designs?
- Google book search
- Design math and calculations
- Simulation and modeling
Boilers
- Coiling
- Containment
- Safety Issues
- Steam Quality
- Fuel Sources
- Solar
- Solid Fuel (Wood, Coal)
- Gas (Propane, Wood Gas, etc.)
Power Generation
- Generator Theory
- Rotational
- Linear
MicroHydro
- Water Sources and Dams
- Dam Design
- Volume and Flow Calculations
- Overflow and flooding
- Sedimentation
- Sluices and Raceways
- Water Turbines
- Pelton Wheels
- Over and Under Shot Wheels
- Turbines
- Fabrication
- Winterization
- Variable Flow Challenges
OSE Organization
- OSE Projects
- Starting an OSE Project
- Managing an OSE Project
- more detail is needed.
- OSE Project Stages
- OSE Organizational Structure
- OSE Member Organizations - overview is done
- OSE International
- Executive Director
- Other staff members
- OSE Regional Branches
- Generic description
- OSE Europe
- OSE Local Chapters
- Sample Charter Document
- Details on Standards
- Obligations
Resilient Communities
- OSEC Coordinating Action
- OSEC Leadership and Team Training
- OSE Villages
- Karmic Debt for OSE Villages - done.
- See also:
- Resilient Hamlets [1]
Finished
Steam Engine
- Sourcing piston rings
- Wiki Work
- Organize Steam Generator Pages
- Organize Steam Engine Pages - See Steam Engine/Index and Steam Engine/Terminology
- Design
- Steam Engine bump valve design
- Crankshaft design and specification
- Specifications
- All parts to be purchased have at least one source.
- Initial 2D technical drawings complete.
- Initial fabrication and assembly instructions complete.
- Research
OSE Organization
- OSE Projects
- OSE Organizational Structure
- OSE Member Organizations - overview is done
- OSE International
- Executive Director
- Other staff members
- OSE Regional Branches
- Generic description
- OSE Europe
- OSE Local Chapters
- Sample Charter Document
- Details on Standards
- Obligations
Projects of Interest
- Micro Sawmill
- Nickel-Iron Battery
- Chemical Engineering Toolkit
- Open Source Weather Station - http://oscirrus.see-do.org/
- MicroHydro [2] [3]
Ideas
- Apply the principles of Life Coaching to.
- "Built with our hands, from open source plans."
- Open Source Looms, cloth, etc. [4]
- MiiU.org We're using MiiU to build a collection of all the objects, products, and places that make personal and community resilience possible. [5]
- The Woodwright's Shop (PBS) [6]
- Phase 3 Hardware Site
- LifeTrac in Legos
Tools
- Inches to Millimeters [7].
- OSE Wiki Help Wiki instructions
- Bolt Dimensions [8].
- Open Materials [9].
- Electrotextiles
- Electroluminescent
- Photochromic
- Heat Reactive
- Adhesives
- Pressure Sensitive
- Conductive and Magnetic Paints
- Shape Memory
General Sources
- Parts Sourcing
- Nuts, Bolts, Washers, etc. [10]
- Bolt CAD drawings at Fasanal [11] [12]
