Re: Jet engine

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From: David Bromage
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 05:53

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Terry Russell wrote:
> I assumed the engineer would advise on the problems with a preesure vessel explosion
> and suitable relief valves

Yes, but building boilers and other pressure vessels is a highly
specialised skill.

> I forgot to add solar furnaces, tracking and non tracking, also good for heating water for steam

That's true, and a tracking solar furnace itself would be an interesting
project. Especially ig hooked up to a steam turbine to generate
electricity. Green power is in at the moment.

> once you have a suitable safe pressure vessel you can graduate from piston steam
> to steam turbine chuff-chuff-chuff
> most (70% ??)  of OZ electrical power comes from steam driven generators
> nothing nancy or old hat about them

But your typical power station boiler operates at 7MPa! :)

Cheers
David

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