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Steam engine where steam is expanded in stages
A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages. A typical arrangement for a compound engine is that
Compound_steam_engine
Type of engine
A compound engine is an engine that has more than one stage for recovering energy from the same working fluid, with the exhaust from the first stage passing
Compound_engine
Reciprocating engine combined with a blowdown turbine
A turbo-compound engine is a reciprocating engine that uses a turbine to recover energy from the exhaust gases and return it as mechanical power to the
Turbo-compound_engine
Early configuration of the steam engine
Arthur Woolf, who compounded the cylinders; and William McNaught, who devised a method of compounding an existing engine. Beam engines were first used to
Beam_engine
Internal Combustion engine
A compound internal combustion engine is a type of internal combustion engine (ICE) where gasses of combustion are expanded in two or more stages. A typical
Compound internal combustion engine
Compound_internal_combustion_engine
Engine that uses steam to perform mechanical work
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure
Steam_engine
Steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat
therefore find examples of engines classified under both methods. An engine can be a compound walking beam type, compound being the cylinder technology
Marine_steam_engine
Form of tandem compound steam engine
A steeple compound engine is a form of tandem compound steam engine that is constructed as an inverted vertical engine. Because of their great height,
Steeple_compound_engine
Cornish engineer (1766-1837)
high-pressure compound steam engine. In this way he made an outstanding contribution to the development and perfection of the Cornish engine. Woolf left
Arthur_Woolf
Fixed steam engine for pumping or power generation
engine (1700) Newcomen engine (1712) Watt engine (1775) Hornblower (1781) Trevithick (1799) Woolf (1804) Cornish engine (1812) McNaught'ed compound beam
Stationary_steam_engine
Advanced Engine Design K2-1000 Advanced Engine Design 110 HP (BMW Conversion) Advanced Engine Design 220 LC Advanced Engine Design 440 LC Advanced Engine Design
List_of_aircraft_engines
Topics referred to by the same term
Chemical compound, combination of two or more elements Plastic compounding, a method of preparing plastic formulations Compound engine, a steam engine in which
Compound
Type of railroad steam engine
A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages
Compound_locomotive
Type of compound steam locomotive
The compounding system's integration into the cylinder saddle made conversion to conventional engines straightforward, so most Vauclain compounds were
Vauclain_compound
for use in compound locomotives and other compound engines GB 190504645 (A), 1905, Improvements relating to the working of compound engines and in regulator
List of steam technology patents
List_of_steam_technology_patents
French mechanical engineer (1842–1883)
out his own long series of trials on industrial steam engines. His trials of the compound engine contributed to the reputation of what Thurston called
Octave_Hallauer
Willans' engine was one of the best-known examples of the steeple compound engine. These were double- or triple-expansion compound engines, with the
Willans_engine
Type of continuous-flow turbine engine
and power-recovery turbines used in turbo-compound engines contain turbines, but are not gas-turbine engines because they lack the combustor portion of
Gas-turbine_engine
1937 18-cylinder radial piston engine family by Wright
Superfortress. After the war, the engine had matured sufficiently to be used in many civilian airliners, notably in its turbo-compound forms, and remained in use
Wright_R-3350_Duplex-Cyclone
Work done divided by heat provided
efficiency. Compound engines gave further improvements in efficiency. By the 1870s triple-expansion engines were being used on ships. Compound engines allowed
Engine_efficiency
US airliner with 4 piston engines, 1951
R-3350-972-TC18DA-1 turbo-compound engines on the L-1049C used a new turbine system, the Power Recovery Turbine (PRT) system. Each engine used three Power Recovery
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation
English inventor, preacher and ironmonger (1664–1729)
1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor, creator of the atmospheric engine in 1712, Baptist preacher by calling and ironmonger by trade. He was born
Thomas_Newcomen
Steam engine designed to run at comparatively high speed
of compounding. High-speed engines did develop a reputation for profligacy. For larger engines the fuel cost savings were worthwhile and compound designs
High-speed_steam_engine
Ocean liner
Waesland. Red Star replaced her engine with a compound engine which, in 1889, was replaced in turn with a triple expansion engine. In 1895 she was chartered
SS_Waesland
Piston engine component which connects the piston to the crankshaft
A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting
Connecting_rod
Museum in England
Mill, Marsden, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Vertical cross compound A true vertical compound engine with central flywheel rebuilt in 1900 from earlier parts
Bolton_Steam_Museum
Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
continued by William Sims. In a parallel, Arthur Woolf developed a compound engine with two cylinders, so that steam expanded in a high-pressure cylinder
History_of_the_steam_engine
English scientist (1753–1815)
Churchyard. He invented the compound steam engine in 1781 and patented it on 16 July in the same year. This type of engine has two cylinders, an evolution
Jonathan_Hornblower
British diesel aircraft engine
5 MW) class engine with good fuel economy. Curtiss-Wright was designing an engine of this sort of power known as the turbo-compound engine, but Sir Harry
Napier_Nomad
French inventor (1725-1804)
engineer. In 1765, he began experimenting with working models of steam-engine-powered vehicles for the French Army, intended for transporting cannons
Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot
Type of hydraulic compression system failure
entering the device. In the case of a reciprocating internal combustion engine, a piston cannot complete its travel and mechanical failure may occur if
Hydrolock
had a compound engine. Triple-expansion engines had largely superseded compound engines in the 1860s. But in these four sisters the compound engine was
SS_Nailsea_Meadow
erection. 1781 (1781): Jonathan Hornblower patents a two-cylinder "compound" engine, in which the steam pushes on one piston (as opposed to pulling via
Timeline_of_steam_power
US make of steam-powered cars
appear to have been built, if that. It is said that the two-cylinder compound engine sometimes gave difficulty in starting. The Model E had been developed
Doble_steam_car
System for condensing gas into liquid by cooling
Piston Reciprocating engine Return connecting rod engine Six-column beam engine Steeple engine Safety valve Steeple compound engine Stroke Working fluid
Condenser_(heat_transfer)
Soviet-designed large turboprop aircraft engine
24-cylinder, turbo-compound, inline radial engine developed after the end of World War II. It was superseded by turboprop engines before it could be widely
Dobrynin_VD-4K
British steamship wrecked in the gulf of Suez
competitive with sail. As one of the first British steamships to use a compound engine, Carnatic achieved a much better fuel economy (at 2lbs of coal per
SS_Carnatic
Dutch steam paddle tugboat
vessel to effectively use a compound steam engine. In about 1890, a discussion about the invention of the compound steam engine made that Fijenoord brought
Hercules_(1829_ship)
Mechanism for converting reciprocating motion to rotation
A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating
Crankshaft
Type of steam-powered vessel
The compound engine, where steam was expanded twice in two separate cylinders, still had inefficiencies. The solution was the triple expansion engine, in
Steamship
Topics referred to by the same term
Werder SS Agamemnon, an early long-distance merchant steamship with a compound engine, so achieving good fuel economy French ship Agamemnon, a ship of the
Agamemnon_(disambiguation)
List of ships with the same or similar names
SS Agamemnon (1865), an early long-distance merchant steamship with a fuel efficient compound engine. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names
HMS_Agamemnon
Classification of reciprocating engine cylinders
In mechanical engineering, the cylinders of reciprocating engines are often classified by whether they are single- or double-acting, depending on how
Single- and double-acting cylinders
Single-_and_double-acting_cylinders
Scottish shipbuilding company
phases can be discerned: 'low' pressure compound engines and 'high' pressure compound engines. The compound engine with low (as it would later be called)
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
She was the first steam vessel in the world to be installed with a compound engine, almost fifty years before the technology would become widely adopted
Henry_Eckford_(steamboat)
1940s British aircraft turboprop engine
both engine projects were cancelled before finding a market. The Naiad was also used, in adapted form, in the Napier Nomad turbo-compound engine design
Napier_Naiad
British fishing trawler and boom defence vessel
a compound steam engine and an exhaust steam turbine, with reduction gearing for both engines onto the same propeller shaft. In 1948 her compound engine
Mary_White_(trawler)
1884 British ocean liner
steamship to be built for a North Atlantic route with a compound engine. By 1885, the triple expansion engine was the almost universal specification for newly
RMS_Umbria
Shipbuilding and machine factory in Rotterdam
pressure cylinders. Afterwards her engine was finished as a compound engine. The invention of the compound engine was of great significance for the company
Fijenoord
19th-century marine engineering company in New York City
it supplied the engine cylinder for the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, Savannah, pioneered the use of the compound engine in steamships, and
Allaire_Iron_Works
British cargo liner
world's first marine "triple expansion" compound steam engine on the SS Propontis in 1874. Triple expansion engines required much higher boiler pressures
SS_Aberdeen_(1881)
Evolution of steam power beyond mainstream mid-20th-century implementations
modern steam) reflects an approach to the technical development of the steam engine intended for a wider variety of applications than has recently been the
Advanced_steam_technology
Type of steam beam engine
A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine. It is a form of beam engine that uses
Cornish_engine
The Aichi Ha-70 was a compound engine composed of two 1,700 hp 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted V-12 Aichi Atsuta aircraft engines mounted to a common
Aichi_Ha-70
UK cargo steamship sunk during World War II
a compound engine. Triple-expansion engines had largely superseded compound engines in the 1860s. But in Llanashe and Llandaff the compound engine was
SS_Llanashe
have Meyer expansion valves. Expansion valves were also fitted to compound steam engines. Both techniques are an attempt to achieve greater efficiency, even
Expansion valve (steam engine)
Expansion_valve_(steam_engine)
American engineer (1828–1907)
of compound engines and the abandonment of the simple form, and the conversion of a number of the engines which were on hand into compound engines. Four
Charles_Harding_Loring
Steam-powered haulage engine
replaced with gears. In America traction engines fitted with continuous tracks were being used from 1869. Compound engine designs were introduced in 1881. Until
Traction_engine
x Ferranti vertical cross compound engine driving a 1,200 kW Ferranti alternator 1 x Ferranti vertical cross compound engine driving a 1,000 kW Ferranti
South London Electric Supply Corporation
South_London_Electric_Supply_Corporation
Engine with large amounts of ceramics
rocker arms. Predictions for an adiabatic turbo-compound engine (a theoretical heat-efficient engine) were seen as plausible with the use of technical
Ceramic_engine
Early valve gear used on steam engines
valve gear was an early form of valve gear used on steam engines. Its simplest form allowed an engine to be stopped and started. A double form, mostly used
Gab_valve_gear
road vehicles encompasses the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road
History of steam road vehicles
History_of_steam_road_vehicles
Turbo layout that uses two turbochargers
setups (which theoretically could have 15 different setups): Compound Compressors Staged Compound Compressors Staged Sequential Compressors Parallel Sequential
Twin-turbo
Sliding pin joint in a slider-crank linkage, commonly used in engine pistons
in a trunk engine. Therefore, the longitudinal dimension of the crosshead must be matched to the stroke of the engine. On smaller engines, the connecting
Crosshead
Power plant component
Piston Reciprocating engine Return connecting rod engine Six-column beam engine Steeple engine Safety valve Steeple compound engine Stroke Working fluid
Feedwater_heater
Liquid additive
of the engine. If plain water were to be used as an engine coolant in northern climates freezing would occur, causing significant internal engine damage
Antifreeze
Device for releasing excess pressure in a system
Stockton and Darlington Railway, the safety valve tended to go off when the engine hit a bump in the track. A valve less sensitive to sudden accelerations
Safety_valve
Early factory in Birmingham, England (1766–1853)
of gilded bronze). In 1782, it became the first site with a Watt steam engine with the sun and planet gear. It was also home to the first steam-powered
Soho_Manufactory
United States steam car manufactured between about 1925 and 1927
manufactured between about 1925 and 1927. Built with a three-cylinder compound engine, it was designed by Carl Uebelmesser and built in New York City by
Empire_Steam_Car
British ship
assessed at 4,376 GRT. She had 1 x 2 cyl. Compound engine driving a single screw propeller and 3 Masts. The engine was rated at 600 nhp. Sardinian sailed
SS_Sardinian
Heat engine using reciprocating pistons
increasingly lower pressures. These engines are called compound engines. Aside from looking at the power that the engine can produce, the mean effective pressure
Reciprocating_engine
British manufacturer of heavy machinery
An engine, one of a pair supplied by the firm, survives at Leigh Spinners. The company supplied a 3,300 horsepower twin tandem compound engine, which
Yates_and_Thom
English engineering company
engines but were quick to adopt the efficient triple-expansion engine design. During 1891 and 1892 they converted a number of large compound engines to
George_Saxon_&_Co
Conceptual engine
The five-stroke engine is a compound internal combustion engine patented by Gerhard Schmitz in 2000. The goal of the five-stroke engine is to achieve higher
Five-stroke_engine
Scottish engineer and inventor (1754–1839)
the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten years, spending most of the rest of his life in Birmingham
William_Murdoch
Prussian express steam locomotive
between 1900 and 1903 in two variants. It featured a four-cylinder compound engine using saturated steam and a wheel arrangement of 2'B (2-2-0). After
Prussian_S_5.1
Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist (1736–1819)
using steam at pressures well above atmospheric). A compound engine, which connected two or more engines, was described. Two more patents were granted for
James_Watt
UK transatlantic liner
Parisian was refitted in 1899. Her obsolete compound engine was replaced with a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was built by Workman, Clark and Company
SS_Parisian
Steam engine component
Piston Reciprocating engine Return connecting rod engine Six-column beam engine Steeple engine Safety valve Steeple compound engine Stroke Working fluid
Surface_condenser
Preserved beam engine in Devon, England
The Newcomen Memorial Engine (sometimes called the Coventry Canal Engine) is a preserved beam engine in Dartmouth, Devon. It was preserved as a memorial
Newcomen_Memorial_Engine
1777 steam engine
an early beam engine built by the partnership of Boulton and Watt. The engine was constructed in 1777 and worked until 1848. The engine is most obviously
Old_Bess_(beam_engine)
Richard Leslie (1993), Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-521-45834-4 List of mills
List of mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation Limited
List_of_mills_owned_by_the_Lancashire_Cotton_Corporation_Limited
Defunct UK merchant shipping line
cargo, so that many longer routes were economically unfeasible. A compound engine achieved much better fuel economy, but generally required higher boiler
Lamport_and_Holt
Pressurized gas or liquid in a heat engine
(pumped liquid cooling, air cooling, etc.). The working fluid of a heat engine or heat pump is a gas or liquid, usually called a refrigerant, coolant,
Working_fluid
Machine that converts one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy (of motion)
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy
Engine
Dutch steamship (1857–1876)
2-cylinder compound steam engine a single shaft, one screw and three masts. When the ship sank in 1876, she had a tandem compound engine. It is not known
SS_Anna_Paulowna
British twin piston-engined airliner, 1947
conventional Bristol Centaurus radial engines, the Ambassador was designed to accommodate four Napier Nomad turbo-compound engines, a then-recent innovation. Its
Airspeed_Ambassador
Merchant sailing ship of the 19th century
instead of the previously permitted 25 psi, and using an efficient compound engine, Agamemnon had the fuel efficiency to steam at 10 knots to China and
Clipper
Beam engine designed by James Watt
The Lap Engine is a beam engine designed by James Watt, built by Boulton and Watt in 1788. It is now preserved at the Science Museum, London. It is important
Lap_Engine
Reduced-emissions engine by Honda
or Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion (Japanese: 複合渦流調整燃焼方式, Hepburn: Fukugō Uzuryū Chōsei Nenshō Hōshiki), is an internal combustion engine technology
CVCC
Topics referred to by the same term
analysis (business environment analysis) Steeple compound engine, a form of tandem compound steam engine whose name derives from its great height Steeple
Steeple_(disambiguation)
Early steam engine
A water-returning engine was an early form of stationary steam engine, developed at the start of the Industrial Revolution in the middle of the 18th century
Water-returning_engine
German experimental high altitude research aircraft
single turboprop engine, the Strato was powered by two wing-mounted pusher compound engines consisting of a turbocharged piston engine supplied by the
Grob_Strato_2C
US airliner with 4 piston engines, 1956
Constellation line of airliners. Powered by four Wright R-3350 Turbo-compound engines, it was built at Lockheed's Burbank, California plant from 1956 to
Lockheed_L-1649_Starliner
was an experimental Vauclain compound articulated 2-6-6-0T Mallet, intended for working the Rimutaka Incline. Compounding encouraged the choice of the
Launch-type_boiler
Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder (1824-1869)
followed his father in constructing marine steam engines and in 1854 established the compound engine as its most efficient form, which made the use of
John_Elder_(shipbuilder)
Type of steam engine
uniflow engine occurred in the United States during the late 1930s and 1940s by the Skinner Engine Company with the development of the Compound Unaflow
Uniflow_steam_engine
licence from designs by Ettore Bugatti. The engine employed a compound arrangement, coupling two U-16 engine blocks in tandem to drive a single propeller
Breguet-Bugatti_32A
9.4 metres (30 ft 10 in). She was assessed at 3,481 GRT and had a Compound engine driving a screw propeller that could achieve a speed of 11 knots. The
SS_Grecian_(1879)
British warship class (1890–1907)
a battleship) which used triple expansion steam engines, previous classes having used compound engines. There were only two ships in this class. The lead
Victoria-class_ironclad
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