I think there were fairly advanced condensing steam cars in the 50's...something was mixed with the water or used in place of the water...alcohol, maybe?
Chris MG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually there were quite a few condensing steam train engines starting from way back in the 1700 all the way to the end of the steam era. Many of them were used in service but none were really successful, not because of the condenser size but because of the amount of dirt stirred up by the train as it moved. This caused too much clogging of the condensers and the use was mostly discontinued unless there was an overriding problem with getting water as in some of the desert regions in Africa where there were some of these in use from the 50s till some time in the 60s. There were even some here in the states but they were more a demonstration then a real useful thing and I think they were scrapped after less then a year and the steel used for the war effort. Manfred Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:18:14 -0500 From: Peter Frederick The heat exchanger to recover the exhaust is going to be half the size of the car, at least. That's why no one ever made one, even for locomotives. Ships get to use the ocean, which works a whole lot better, and the condensers are still pretty large. Peter _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
