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In Reply to: Re: Saturday Steamer posted by Gambles on April 02, 2022 at 06:18:47:
The radiator is really a condenser. In big plants, the condenser (which is in the exhaust flow) is normally at a vacuum. In small car engines, probably not. The Stanley boiler was wrapped with several layers of music wire (very strong) and subjected to safety testing. If it went dry, I would guess the bottom would weaken and bulge downward. Commercial water tube boilers operate in the area of 1100 psi or more. Large late model steam locomotives ran at about 300 psi. Steam was exhausted, no condenser. The safety device was a fusible plug that melted and the remaining water would spray steam into the firebox, quenching the fire. In the steam cars, there was a type of stone or mineral that expanded with temperature and caused the fuel valve to close.
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