On (12 Jul 97) Gregory Procter wrote to Alec Cameron...
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 GP>  center, all powered by a semi-conventional/semi-flash boiler. MU'ing 
nd
 GP>  traction control via computer electronics with track radar.
I wonder what the special advantage of a flash boiler is. Quick heat up from
cold? which I think was desired for steam automobiles.  But as this involve a
minimum amount of water in the tubes etc, I guess the controls have to be
nicely responsive to avoid a Melt Down! [Radioactiity Fades Your Genes!]
Apology for irrelevancy.
There, that's
 GP> not
 GP>  so difficult! The South African " Red Devil" experiments showed promise
 GP> for
 GP>  cooking the coal and burning the gas given off. Admittedly it wasn't 
good
 GP> enough
 GP>  to convince the railway to go further
I hope someone though to blame the engineers not the bean counters.
As the Red Devil made good use of Producer Gas, I wonder if another concept
was considerd- instead of boiling water, feed the gas into an IC engine!
[wash my mouth out!!]
Cheers.......ALEC
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Gosh I thought that was the end. Seeya in #3
... ....Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it
--- PPoint 1.92
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