steam boiler 1

[al1]

I'm a member of the automotive group and about to build a steam powered car. Though I have drawings of the Stanley Steamer and other old style boilers of the past, my question is a generic one. Using modern technology and/or materials and assumming you had a clean sheet of paper, what type of boiler configuration would you recommend? Example; flash type, tube type or a coil type for a modern steam powered car. Obviously it has to be compact, relatively fast starting, have variable capacity (for cruising and passing power) and be as efficient as possible. Thank you for any advice you can afford me.
al1

 

[imok2]

STEAM CARS AND BOATS
The Mobile Steam Society, a not for profit corporation organized to design and build a modern steam car. The car, a 1963 VW bug, has been operating since ~1978. we have made constant refinements, the latest is a digital computer control and recording system. The steam generator is a monotube type which is about 85% efficient. The engine is a converted three cylinder Hearth snowmobile engine of 35 cubic inches with a bore and stroke of 2-1/2 x 2-1/2. The car has been operated at up to 55 mph. We run the car and give rides at spring meetings in Oak Ridge, TN and in the fall at Danville, IL.
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[jmw]

I suggest a serach of this site as the question has appeared before.
I can't, off-hand, remember the forum or the thread but a search should find it.

JMW

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