Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. BASICS ABOUT THE STEAM ENGINE........................................... 9
1.1 THE STEAM ENGINE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT....................... 9
1.2 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE STEAM ENGINE........................... 10
1.2.1 How to change water into steam .............................................. 10
1.2.2 The boiler.................................................................................. 11
1.2.3 The flywheel.............................................................................. 11
1.2.4 The oscillating steam engine .................................................... 11
1.2.5 The valve-controlled steam engine........................................... 13
1.3 POWER AN EFFICIENCY ............................................................. 14
1.3.1 Comparison: oscillating and valve-controlled steam engine... 14
1.4 WHAT FUNCTION HAS THE STEAM ENGINE NOWADAYS. 15
1.4.1 Hybrid systems consisting photovoltaic constructions and the
steam engine ...................................................................................... 15
2. ASSEMBLING THE MODEL............................................................. 17
2.1 TRICKS AND TIPS FOR A SUCCESFUL ASSEMBLING ........ 17
2.2 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS STEP BY STEP............................ 18
Step 1: Assembly of the boiler ........................................................... 18
Step 2: Mounting the burner slide and boiler house......................... 18
Step 3: Assembling and mounting the flywheel ................................. 19
Step 4: Assembling the cylinder unit ................................................. 20
Step 5: Mounting the steam pipe, chimney and final assembly......... 21
2.3 PRECAUTION INSTRUCTIONS................................................... 23
2.4 PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST TEST RUN............................. 25
3. EXPERIMENTS WITH THE STEAM ENGINE AND
ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS............................................................. 29
3.1 THE COMPONENTS AND THEIR DESCRIPTION..................... 29
3.1.1 The Generator........................................................................... 29
3.1.2 Transmission belt...................................................................... 30
3.1.3 The bread board ....................................................................... 31
3.1.5 LEDs......................................................................................... 33
3.1.6 Electrolytic (Electrolytic capacitors) ....................................... 34
3.1.7 Diode ........................................................................................ 36
3.1.8 Resistors.................................................................................... 37
3.1.9 Crocodile clips (red/black)....................................................... 38
3.1.10 Hook-up wire (red/black) ....................................................... 38
3.1.11 Switch...................................................................................... 39
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