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Re: Filler up!     

Group: alt.fan.ceciladams · Group Profile · Search for The Fireless Locomotive in alt.fan.ceciladams
Author: Mark Brader
Date: May 4, 2008 00:44

... around the yard. The term I've usually seen for those is "fireless engine". They were typically used in industrial settings where... air for about 40 years. If I remember correctly what I've read, fireless steam engines worked better; by getting the pressure ... John Fowler, responded by designing a part-time fireless locomotive. The idea was that the fire would only be burned on the above-...
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Re: vapor compression question     

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Author: Ray
Date: Jul 21, 2008 02:13

... amount of energy to recharge the system. Most fireless cookers work in conjunction with a large stationary... weight to keep the system from being mobile ( needed for a locomotive!) . Again, working with steam tables ( that pesky... with hydraulics but with steam pressure ? I believe that this is embodied in the 'fireless cookers' mentioned in your prevous posts. Steam...
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Re: vapor compression question     

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Author: SB
Date: Jul 18, 2008 15:52

... I believe that the forces require enough weight to keep the system from being mobile ( needed for a locomotive!) . Again, working with steam tables ( that pesky math problem ) and the ...- Could this be done not with hydraulics but with steam pressure ? I believe that this is embodied in the 'fireless cookers' mentioned in your prevous posts. Steam is admitted to the system ...
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Re: vapor compression question     

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Author: Ray
Date: Jul 17, 2008 18:30

... believe that the forces require enough weight to keep the system from being mobile ( needed for a locomotive!) . Again, working with steam tables ( that pesky math problem ) and the specific...Finially- Could this be done not with hydraulics but with steam pressure ? I believe that this is embodied in the 'fireless cookers' mentioned in your prevous posts. Steam is admitted to the system ...
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Re: PBS Series: "The Carrier"     

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Author: R.C. Payne
Date: May 5, 2008 16:17

...amazing amounts of damage An interesting application of this is the fireless steam locomotive. Developed for use in places like chemical... serious. It is a machine that looks a bit like a steam locomotive without a chimney, and the boiler is a tank that is charged with saturated... water at pressure. Steam is drawn off to run the locomotive, and as it is drawn off, more water boils to take...
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