Comments on: Changing a lawnmower motor to run on steam? http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Breath on the Wind http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Breath on the Wind Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:33:45 +0000 http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/#comment-2935 There are people who have a great affection for steam engines. A big advantage is that they are not internal combustion engines (ICE) and so any fuel can be used with potentially a less polluting burn.1 At the cabin he might use wood, old newspapers, or even concentrated solar energy to make steam. Steam engines are generally less efficient than internal combustion engines and use a lot of water without a condenser (looks like a radiator on a car.) There are many websites on the conversion. Below are a few: Here is a stripped down explanation. You can see how simple it really is. Steam is only used to produce pressure for the engine. Here compressed air is substituted as working model.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/management.htm"> Breath on the Wind</a> There are people who have a great affection for steam engines. A big advantage is that they are not internal combustion engines (ICE) and so any fuel can be used with potentially a less polluting burn.1 At the cabin he might use wood, old newspapers, or even concentrated solar energy to make steam. Steam engines are generally less efficient than internal combustion engines and use a lot of water without a condenser (looks like a radiator on a car.) There are many websites on the conversion. Below are a few:

Here is a stripped down explanation. You can see how simple it really is. Steam is only used to produce pressure for the engine. Here compressed air is substituted as working model. Breath on the Wind

]]> By: scientistharsh http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/comment-page-1/#comment-2934 scientistharsh Mon, 31 May 2010 20:23:58 +0000 http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/#comment-2934 This is really weird thing. If motor is converted to the steam driven engine then the efficiency will drop down to about 10%. i.e. 90% of the energy will be lost in the form of heat and steam. Again, steam engines are really bulky and to give such an huge energy output, the lawn mover will be so heavy that it won't move or will crush the earth and the plants below it.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/Letter-of-Recommendation.htm"> scientistharsh</a> This is really weird thing. If motor is converted to the steam driven engine then the efficiency will drop down to about 10%. i.e. 90% of the energy will be lost in the form of heat and steam.
Again, steam engines are really bulky and to give such an huge energy output, the lawn mover will be so heavy that it won’t move or will crush the earth and the plants below it. scientistharsh

]]> By: beinghere2002 http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 beinghere2002 Mon, 31 May 2010 06:57:57 +0000 http://www.qualitylawnmower.com/blog/changing-a-lawnmower-motor-to-run-on-steam/#comment-2933 I don't know how practical that is, unless they mean a electric lawn mower recharged from a steam power generator, Either way I would think there are more efficiet ways ..ie. a manul push mower. heres a site anyways<a href="http://www.prohomeschool.com/used-homeschool-book.htm"> beinghere2002</a> I don’t know how practical that is, unless they mean a electric lawn mower recharged from a steam power generator, Either way I would think there are more efficiet ways ..ie. a manul push mower.

heres a site anyways beinghere2002

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