Respuesta :
Although the engine does not run at full speed today, turning at a lower rate than the original, it shows us some key technologies and engineering principles. We can see how a steamship is driven, the expansion working of steam engines, the significance of steam pressure and boiler efficiency and the transfer of linear motion to rotary motion.
The boiler turned the salt water into steam which then pushed through the ‘steam pipe’ into the ‘slide case’, which controlled the inlet and exhaust of steam from the cylinders. The crew regulated the steam entering the cylinders by adjusting the ‘expansion gear’ in the slide case. This helped fuel consumption.
Steam then fed into the cylinders, pushing the pistons up. At the same time water was injected into the steam in the ‘condenser’ which then cooled, shrank and formed a vacuum. This vacuum worked in opposition to the steam pressure on the other side of the piston, and helped draw the pistons up and down.
The boiler turned the salt water into steam which then pushed through the ‘steam pipe’ into the ‘slide case’, which controlled the inlet and exhaust of steam from the cylinders. The crew regulated the steam entering the cylinders by adjusting the ‘expansion gear’ in the slide case. This helped fuel consumption.
Steam then fed into the cylinders, pushing the pistons up. At the same time water was injected into the steam in the ‘condenser’ which then cooled, shrank and formed a vacuum. This vacuum worked in opposition to the steam pressure on the other side of the piston, and helped draw the pistons up and down.
