oil - also referred to as Bunker C. To atomize (see next question) properly, the fuel must be kept hot, so steam pipes are routed through the fuel tank in the tender to keep it at 130 degrees F. 1522 did not always burn oil - she was originally built as a coal burner but only stayed that way for a year before being converted. Wood, while burned on real old steam locomotives, does not put out the heat needed to operate larger locomotives like the 1522.

A9. Our old boat " Seas the Day " was a single engine 8,000 pound boat that went about 25 knots. It burned about 15 gallons an hour at this cruising speed. Bigger dual engine boats range 20-40 gallons an hour. The Nordhavn 43 is about 55,000 pounds. Yet because of its design and slower speed, it consumes only about 2.5 gallons per hour. Slowing down burns as little as 1.8, speeding up can burn 3+. Said another way, we get about 2.5 to 3.

The stove can burn most any fuel: methanol, anhydrous isopropyl alcohol, Coleman white gas, gasoline, kerosine, etc... It has, however, only been tested with methanol and anhydrous isopropyl alcohol. Take appropriate precautions when testing out your stove with new fuels (test outside away from building, etc...). See the disclaimer at the bottom of this page. Methanol can be purchased in at your local hardware store in the paint / solvent section of the store.

There are fuel tank capacities depending on the model between 33 gallons (125 liters) and 55 gallons (210 liters). The RV needs unleaded 89 octane.

Locomotives are not usually rated in horsepower but rather in tractive effort - how many pounds of pull they can exert to move the train behind them. 1522 can pull with 56,800 pounds of effort. This equates to roughly 3600 horsepower. Early diesel locomotives which replaced steam engines were in the 1500 horsepower range, so several diesels were necessary to replace a steam engine on a given train.

Let's compare the 1522 to the engine in your automobile. Your car's engine takes in air, mixes fuel with it, compresses it and burns it to produce energy. This energy moves the car's pistons which are connected by rods to the crankshaft. The piston movement turns the crankshaft which makes the auto move. The auto's engine is known as an internal combustion engine - that is, the burning of the fuel takes place inside the cylinders.

A ring of jets is opened to shoot steam up the smokestack and create the draft. For startup, an air compressor is connected to these jets until sufficient steam pressure is available.

A superheater is a device used to increase the power of steam locomotives. Locomotives boil water to make steam, but once out of the boiler, the steam wants to condense back to water. Since the temperature of the water and steam are relatively close to the point at which it boiled, this condensation is a very real problem. As this 'saturated' steam expands in the cylinder, it will condense and limit the amount of power the locomotive can produce.

In the normal course of operation, a lot of heat energy goes up and out of the smoke stack (steam engines are not very efficient). If some of this heat could be transferred to the water being added to the boiler, it would reduce the amount of fuel needed to bring this additional water to boil. Feedwater heaters take the steam exhausting out of the cylinders and transfer some of this heat to the water going to the boiler, or feedwater, to raise its temperature.

Your mileage may very, but in the 5 gallons per hour realm, up to 6 gph with some engine/power combinations.

The engine uses "jet A" or kerosene. We could use other kinds, but we're currently undecided as to exactly what we will use. This is the standard fuel used.

Yes! The big difference is that wet fuel may take 80% more air than dry fuel. Operationally, you may wish to meter the wet and dry fuel to create a consistent fuel blend or you may want to exhaust the least merchantable fuel before using a more valuable fuel. With the controls designed for this scenario, this can easily be accomplished. In general, any time there are continuous variations in fuel quality, it is desirable to have an operator near by the steam plant.

The Luminarium Outdoor Hearth was designed and built strictly for use with Fire Designs Hearth Fuel. Burning anything other than Hearth Fuel could cause damage to the unit or your property and would void the warranty.

Both will burn less at slower speeds and Moonglow will use more fuel (as all boats do) at higher speeds. Both vessels are powered by diesel engines.

To heat the air, the burners are fueled by propane gas, much the same as you probably use in your backyard barbecue grill. The burners do not run continuously; they are only used intermittently to heat the air to maintain the required lift.

Helicopters can be powered with electric motors (not recommended for the beginner as they are fairly fragile), 2-stroke glow fuel engines running a combination of methanol, nitro-methane, and synthetic oil (model airplane fuel), 2-stroke gas engines (similar to your weed eater), 4-stroke engines, and even diesel engines. Most people use a 2-stroke glow fuel engine that is designed for use in model helicopters which usually has a different carburetor and a larger area heat-sink cooling head.