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From YouTube: Steam Auto Club of America visits Factor e Farm
Description
Essential insights on steam engine power plants and the definition of a Modern Steam Engine - interview by Marcin Jakubowski with Tom Kimmel, President of the Steam Automobile Club of America.
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Is
what
it's
designed
to
do
and
it
has
needle
bearings
and
roller
bearings
throughout
it-
is
double
acting.
The
cross
heads
are
right
here
and
it
is
double
acting,
which
means
you
are
not
getting
water
in
the
oil
which
happens
when
you
convert
a
regular
automobile
engine
or
Briggs
&
Stratton
to
steam.
You
have
a
packing
up
here
that
keeps
the
water
and
steam
from
getting
down
through
into
into
the
oil.
So
it's
quite
well
lubricated,
because
its
piston
valve,
which
is
much
better
than
as
d
valve
or
a
slide
valve.
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Need
to
have
an
oil
injector
and
oil
inject
a
little
oil,
and
just
before
this
piston
valve,
which
is
the
other
name
for
the
piston
valve,
is
a
spool
valve
and
it
is
exactly
the
same
shape
and
works
exactly
the
same
way
that
hydraulic
valves
work
and
it's
look.
It's
shaped
like
a
spool
yeah
a
sewing
machine,
which
is
why
it's
called
that
mm-hmm.
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It
is
not
a
steam
engine
until
you
have
a
water
pump,
a
big
fire,
a
heat
exchanger
for
a
boiler,
an
oil
pump
to
inject
oil
into
the
thing.
So
you
don't
scratch
everything
up
when
it
runs,
and
then
you
need
a
condenser
and
you
need
some
control
systems
in
there
and
there's
three
or
four
the
things
you
need.
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The
best
story
is
some
port.
Some
poor
Schmo
out
in
the
middle
of
Indonesia,
bought
one
of
these,
and
when
it
got
there,
you
try
to
figure
out
where
you
let
the
match
and
and
made
it
run,
you
need
it.
You
need
a
lifetime
of
experience
to
make
all
the
other
parts
that
go
with
it.
So
he's
sitting
out
there
with
this
thing
thinking
he
bought
a
steam
engine.
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It
cools
down
a
lot
so
in
this
engine,
and
many
of
them
which
are
simple
to
make
the
cooled
off
exhaust
steam
once
it's
expanded,
is
pushed
out
through
the
in
this
case,
through
the
same
passage
through
the
same
valve.
So
all
this
metal
is
cooled
off
before
the
hot
steam
comes
in,
and
so
there's
your
your
inefficiency.
Is
there,
your
other
inefficiency
is
has
to
do
with
clearance
volume,
and
this
has
high
clearance
volume.
You
want
to
have
low
clearance.
That's.