tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post3961726450997679705..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Robert Stirling's hot-air engineLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-80159626190723336082020-03-17T21:20:48.750+00:002020-03-17T21:20:48.750+00:00The temperature of the condensate may be higher th...The temperature of the condensate may be higher than the temperature of the cooling water at outlet and the condnsate is recovered as feed water to the boiler.<br /><br /><a href="http://boilertreatment.com/" rel="nofollow">boiler treatment company in Ontario</a>Hazel Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15802800814042707513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-20039451222598757112012-05-19T18:32:27.276+01:002012-05-19T18:32:27.276+01:00David,
Thank you for recognising my intention. Tho...David,<br />Thank you for recognising my intention. Though a safer alternative to high-pressure steam is of primary importance to my character, higher efficiency and lower fuel costs offer strong additional incentives when it comes to selling the idea to investors.Jane Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-73412363454115682002012-05-19T18:01:58.693+01:002012-05-19T18:01:58.693+01:00An engineer working a few years after Stirling'...An engineer working a few years after Stirling's invention would have been only too familiar with exploding steam boilers and the carnage they created. It is entirely plausible that a free thinking man with the right background might see an application for a hot air engine in a marine environment to avoid the risk of disaster coupled with higher effieiency and lower fuel costs. It provides the basis of a thundering good yarn and I look forward to reading it.<br /><br />David (a Stirling engine fan)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-49738927562380319982012-05-18T16:55:26.892+01:002012-05-18T16:55:26.892+01:00Stirling's invention was for a method of savin...Stirling's invention was for a method of saving fuel. Nothing to do with exploding boilers! In fact the use high pressure steam in ships and railway locomotives only came to be used a few years before Stirling invented his heat economiser.<br />Stirling fitted one of his engines into a Clyde paddle boat in 1827 to demonstrate fuel efficiency not to demonstrate its safty.<br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-53237880732455862032012-05-17T19:55:48.916+01:002012-05-17T19:55:48.916+01:00Thanks, Elizabeth. I've never considered my...Thanks, Elizabeth. I've never considered myself mechanically minded, but I'm so intrigued by the simplicity of this little engine I could bore for England!Jane Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-84311498301920921002012-05-17T19:42:29.394+01:002012-05-17T19:42:29.394+01:00Anonymous,
I take your point and did not intend to...Anonymous,<br />I take your point and did not intend to suggest that the boiler explosions and Stirling's invention were a matter of fact or even cause and effect. Plausibility is all I need for my book. With most investment going into high-pressure steam, a maverick engineer trying to develop a marine hot-air engine provides a terrific plot-thread and source of conflict.Jane Jacksonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-54404898370439677882012-05-17T19:20:36.948+01:002012-05-17T19:20:36.948+01:00Gosh, how fascinating, Jane. And congratulations o...Gosh, how fascinating, Jane. And congratulations on explaining how it worked so clearly!Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-28715858307501903492012-05-17T12:25:11.896+01:002012-05-17T12:25:11.896+01:00Still a lot of work going on regarding Stirling En...Still a lot of work going on regarding Stirling Engines in the present day. <br /><br />Also the idea that Robert Stirling's invention was due to the terrible explosions of steam engines is plausible but should not taken as fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com