brucestevenson916
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Im thinking of building a steam powered boiler, just wondered if anyone has any success or failure from this.
My idea is to get a 80L hot water tank cut 30L of the top of it (alongwith the immersion heater) and solder it to the bottom.
As a result, you have a contained water reservoir with a heater underneith the boiler, the boiler will be heated by the steam produced in this resevoir, and there will be run off pipes that will be run around the boiler to act as a steam jacket and a pressure relief.
I will be able to run it at 3bar of pressure so I should be able to get the temp of the resevoir up to 140-150c when boiling.
I am a heating engineer so I have the resources, but I'm wondering if it will work!?
My idea is to get a 80L hot water tank cut 30L of the top of it (alongwith the immersion heater) and solder it to the bottom.
As a result, you have a contained water reservoir with a heater underneith the boiler, the boiler will be heated by the steam produced in this resevoir, and there will be run off pipes that will be run around the boiler to act as a steam jacket and a pressure relief.
I will be able to run it at 3bar of pressure so I should be able to get the temp of the resevoir up to 140-150c when boiling.
I am a heating engineer so I have the resources, but I'm wondering if it will work!?