-=> Quoting Alec Cameron to Gregory Procter <=-
 AC> 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.
 AC> I wonder what the special advantage of a flash boiler is. Quick heat
 AC> up from cold?
      The long firing up process is definitely a expensive disadvantage for
      maintainance and operation. To operate the steamers at our local
      preservation soc. someone has to light up 6-8 hours ahead (ie early 
hours
      of Saturday morning, "not tonight Dear, I have to get fired up!")
      and W192 2.6.2T 1889. always runs better on Sunday than Saturday.
      The time from lighting up to getting enough pressure to power the 
lower
      is an appreciable part of this period.
      With a semi-flash boiler able to supply the average steam requirement, 
the
      reserve steam capacity of the boiler could be greatly reduced and
      therefore the total boiler size could be smaller.
      which I think was desired for steam automobiles.  But as
 AC> this involve a minimum amount of water in the tubes etc, I guess the
 AC> controls have to be nicely responsive to avoid a Melt Down!
 AC> [Radioactiity Fades Your Genes!] Apology for irrelevancy.
      In 1997, the controls shouldn't be too difficult?
 AC> 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
 AC> I hope someone though to blame the engineers not the bean counters.
 AC> As the Red Devil made good use of Producer Gas, I wonder if another
 AC> concept was considerd- instead of boiling water, feed the gas into an
 AC> IC engine! [wash my mouth out!!]
 AC> Cheers.......ALEC
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 AC> Gosh I thought that was the end. Seeya in #3
 AC> ... ....Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it
 AC> -!- PPoint 1.92
 AC>  ! Origin: Bundanoon, Southern Highlands, NSW AUS (3:712/517.12)
  
... Catch the Blue Wave!
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