I will be making steam monday. Going thru some modifications today and tomorrow with the burner have to install catalyst screen. Its high quality stuff, I cut the section today with a die grinder. Have plenty of solid fuel (whole corn kernels). I don't have a working camera now. The other option is a digital video camera. I can process that if the forum will upload the video. Thinking charging everything up.
The other special modification is the air injection to the afterburner. At first I used compressed air from a shop compressor. Problem is if you are in a isolated location, there's no air compressor. I have this weird habit of walking around the thing. There are several running systems that have to be up, not a problem, I will make steam tomorrow...
This is a "flash steam" type of steam engine. The advantage is the there is no storage boiler..;.; I had to invent a variable lift direct injection valve. Everything worked I have run the engine, also on occasion I have charged the thing with direct 2400psi Argon. It runs for about a half hour and I can throttle it easily.
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