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Steam locomotive

Furnaces of this type, such as the steam locomotive furnace—boHet design, had the obvious disadvantage that pressure was limited to ca 1 MPa (150 psi). The development of seamless, thick-waH tubing for stationary power plants (ie, water-tube furnaces) and other engines for motive power, such as diesel—electric, has in many cases ecHpsed the fire-tube boHet. For appHcations calling for moderate amounts of lower pressure steam, however, the modern fire-tube boHet continues to be the indicated choice (5). [Pg.140]

Fig. 16.7. A pressure vessel in action - tfie boiler of the articulated steam locomotive Merddin Emrys, built in 1879 and still hauling passengers on the Festiniog narrow-gauge railway in North Wales. Fig. 16.7. A pressure vessel in action - tfie boiler of the articulated steam locomotive Merddin Emrys, built in 1879 and still hauling passengers on the Festiniog narrow-gauge railway in North Wales.
Slides Springs of various types multi-leaf springs on trucks, automobiles, steam locomotives, etc. light pressure vessels - e.g. aeroplane fuselages cheap pressure vessels - e.g. water tanks, nuclear reactor vessels metal rolling stand. [Pg.292]

Also in 1815, but before Davy presented his first lamp to the public, George Stephenson (one of the pioneers in the development of the steam locomotive) quite independently was also working on a safe miner s lamp. He discovered during his experiments that flame produced by a particular gas at a given concentration will not pass through a tube smaller than a certain diameter. While most people have heard of Davy s lamp (it seems that Sir Humphrey received all the credit), it was actually Stephenson s discov-... [Pg.5]

Wood was the easiest fuel to use in early steam locomotives, but it was soon realized that the logistics of wood fuel were limiting. Steam engines were developed that could burn coal, peat, or (later) oil where those fuels were more abundant. For intercity railroads (especially in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa), coal remained the fuel of choice for one hundred years. Despite impressive technology development, steam locomotives never could achieve thermal efficiencies greater than about 6 to 8 percent. [Pg.724]

Hedley, ef al., "Puffing Billy" with 4 and control of steam locomotive... [Pg.725]

General Electric Co. Gasoline engine equipped with 1952 Norfolk Western Last steam locomotive delivered for... [Pg.726]

Sulzers, Krupp, and First large diesel-powered 1960 Canadian National Last steam locomotive runs in... [Pg.726]

Timken Roller Steam locomotive using roller Administration related to second OPEC energy... [Pg.726]

Bruce, A. W. (19.32). The Steam Locomotive in America Its Development m the Twentieth Century. New York Bonanza Books. [Pg.731]

Haine, E. A. (1990). The Steam Locomotive. New York Cornwall Books. [Pg.731]

By the end ofWorld War II the use of residual fuel oil in the United States had reached about 1.2 million barrels per day. The bulk of this use was in industri-al/commercial boilers, railroad locomotives, and steamships. Shortly thereafter, railroad use declined rapidly as diesel engines, which used distillate fuel, replaced steam locomotives. In the 19.30s and 1960s residual fuel oil use for marine and industrial applications, as well as for electric power generation, con-... [Pg.1015]

Boulton, I. W. Marginal notes, Science Museum copy of Fletcher, William (1891). Steam on Common Roads. Hodge, J. (1973). Richard Trevithick An Illustrated Life of Richard Trevithick. Aylesbuiy Shire Publications Ltd. Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). The Cornish Giant, The Story of Richard Trevithick, Father of the Steam Locomotive. London Lutterworth Press. [Pg.1163]

These increases in efficiency pose a threat to the workers in the industry. As a result, they may strike, and the final settlement may result in a nullification of many economic benefits. This happened when the railroads converted from steam locomotives to diesels. At that time the union forced the management to keep a fireman on every train whether he was needed or not. Similarly, the settlement of a recent East Coast dock strike provided a setback to the use of containerized units. It stated that all containerized units that entered New York ports could be unpacked and repacked at the union s request and the shipper s expense, if the final destination was less than 50 miles from the dock, or if the container had more than one product within it.8... [Pg.33]

Aside from coal-powered steam locomotives and seagoing ships, which essentially were retired from most regions of the world over the past several decades, solid coal is quite unsuited for transportation energy. The energy density of raw coal means that a significant portion of the energy obtained from combusting it is required to move it (as part of a transportation vehicle). This is further amplified by the equipment required to hum coal—massive, heavy furnaces and boilers—which also have to he moved with the vehicle. [Pg.402]

Industrial and utility boilers are broadly classified as fire-tube or water-tube. In fire-tube boilers, the hot combustion gases pass through tubes, and heat is transferred to water outside the tubes. Most steam locomotives had this type of boiler. The most common and least expensive boiler of this type is the horizontal return tubular (HRT) boiler. However, because of the design and construction of fire-tube boilers, there is a definite limitation to their size and the pressure that they can tolerate. [Pg.863]

Mechanical work manifests itself into displacement of a body under mechanical force such as accomplished in heat engines. For example, steam locomotives perform mechanical work. Study of such processes has lead to one particular branch of thermodynamics, which is commonly referred to as Thermodynamics Applied to Heat Engines or Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics or simply Engineering Thermodynamics. ... [Pg.28]

Steam locomotives were not allowed into the ammunition depot for obvious reasons, so the War department acquired three large Hunslet... [Pg.41]


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