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       Steam question
       By: crazyguy Date: November 20, 2013, 1:06 pm
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       is there a way to get the water out of the steam before it gets
       to the driven mechanism,  so there 's not such a mess?
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       Re: Steam question
       By: burnit0017 Date: November 20, 2013, 4:25 pm
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       Hi, some diagrams show a super heater coil. I have noticed when
       the engine is cold at start up the steam condenses and after the
       engine warms up the problem goes away.
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       Re: Steam question
       By: burnit0017 Date: November 20, 2013, 6:35 pm
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       The major mistake I made was using black iron unions, they rust
       really fast. I plan to use bronze on all future efforts.
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       Re: Steam question
       By: lynx wind Date: November 22, 2013, 6:42 am
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       Steam is water in a changed state.  In most steam engines of old
       the steam loses a lot of heat when it does work and changes back
       to water.  While the steam is fairly dry in the inlet as soon as
       it leaks out of valves, cylinders etc it forms water droplets.
       Steam is very difficult to seal.  An analogy would be water is
       like big rocks in your hands, steam is like fine sand.
       Also, keep in mind different steam engines are setup to work
       with varying degrees of saturated steam or superheated "dry"
       steam.  A "simple" engine (not compounding) may run poorly on
       superheated steam.  A compound engine wont run on saturated
       steam well if at all because in the last stage the steam may
       collapse and cause a vacuum causing the piston to run the wrong
       direction.
       If a steam engine is designed well and the steam is at the right
       temperature it's possible to see very little condensate coming
       from the engine.
       In good steam engine design the steam 'hot" side is all very
       well insulated so there is much less condensate.
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