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Feasibility Study Of Using A Steam Power System In A Small Garden Tractor, Niranjan Kumar Doshi
Feasibility Study Of Using A Steam Power System In A Small Garden Tractor, Niranjan Kumar Doshi
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"This thesis is a feasibility study of using a steam power system in a small garden tractor. The relative advantages of steam power are discussed and compared with the characteristics of internal combustion engines. A monotube boiler is designed where steam is generated in stacked tube spirals. The boiler generates 225 lbs/hr of dry saturated steam at 500 psia, which corresponds to an engine output of 20 IHpage A rotary positive displacement engine is employed to expand the steam to 16 psia. A rotor instead of a piston eliminates the conventional connecting rod and crank shaft. The engine developes 15 …