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Steam Engine

Organization

OSE/Index

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!
  • Applications
    • Heating
    • Cooling
    • Cleaning - Paint Removal?
    • Sterilization

Steam Engine

  • Refine the main entry page at Steam Engine
  • Wiki Work
  • 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
    • 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
  • 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/Index

Resilient Communities

Finished

Steam Engine

OSE Organization

Projects of Interest

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