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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
of making steam engines more efficient, the compounding of engines by use of several stages has also been used on internal combustion engines and continues
Compound_engine
Steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat
A marine steam engine is a steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. This article deals mainly with marine steam engines of the reciprocating
Marine_steam_engine
Fixed steam engine for pumping or power generation
Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive
Stationary_steam_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
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
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
Dutch steam paddle tugboat
Hercules was a Dutch steam paddle tugboat. She was also the first vessel to effectively use a compound steam engine. In about 1890, a discussion about
Hercules_(1829_ship)
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
Early configuration of the steam engine
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod. This
Beam_engine
Boat, smaller than a steamship, using steam
improves efficiency. With compound engines it was possible for trans ocean steamers to carry less coal than freight. Compound steam engine powered ships enabled
Steamboat
Iron-hulled steamship with more efficient engine
steamship design: higher boiler pressure, an efficient and compact compound steam engine, and a hull form with modest power requirements. Before Agamemnon
SS_Agamemnon_(1865)
Cunard line ship
420.8 feet long. She was powered by a single 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine and had a top speed of 13 knots. Scythia sailed on her maiden voyage
SS_Scythia
Type of steam beam engine
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 steam at
Cornish_engine
Steam-powered haulage engine
A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives
Traction_engine
with a length of 422 feet. She was powered by a 600 hp 2-cylinder compound steam engine, barque-rigged on three masts, and had a top speed of 121⁄2 knots
SS_Bothnia_(1874)
Type of steam engine
The uniflow type of steam engine uses steam that flows in one direction only in each half of the cylinder. Thermal efficiency is increased by having a
Uniflow_steam_engine
"Royal Mail Ship". She was converted to a single screw ship with a compound steam engine in 1872, and placed on the Aberdeen Line that chartered her to run
RMS_Atrato_(1853)
Type of steam engine using rotary steam valves
A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and
Corliss_steam_engine
Britannic was launched in February 1874. Propulsion was by a 2-cylinder compound steam engine with nominal 850 horsepower, which drove a single 21-foot (6.4 m)
RMS_City_of_Chester
Internal Combustion engine
engine Free piston engine History of the internal combustion engine Compound steam engine Turbo-compound engine "Compound Internal Combustion Engines"
Compound internal combustion engine
Compound_internal_combustion_engine
The Willans engine or central valve engine was a high-speed stationary steam engine used mainly for electricity generation around the start of the 20th
Willans_engine
Work done divided by heat provided
thermal engines- Internal combustion (gasoline, diesel and gas turbine-Brayton cycle engines) and External combustion engines (steam piston, steam turbine
Engine_efficiency
Dutch shipwright
he was the only executive till 1849. The invention of the marine compound steam engine is Roentgen's main scientific achievement. Gerhard Moritz Roentgen
Gerhard_Moritz_Roentgen
Automobile powered by a steam engine
A steam car is a car (automobile) propelled by a steam engine. A steam engine is an external combustion engine (ECE), whereas the gasoline and diesel engines
Steam_car
Heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile, mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BCE and described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century
History_of_the_steam_engine
Former British passenger ship (1882–1904)
5 in). The ship was assessed at 5,517 GRT and had a double cylinder compound steam engine driving a single screw propeller producing 700 horsepower (520 kW)
SS_Cephalonia
Steam engine designed to run at comparatively high speed
High-speed steam engines were one of the final developments of the stationary steam engine. They ran at a high speed, of several hundred rpm, which was
High-speed_steam_engine
Internal combustion engine designs
steam engine Feb 28, 1984 4489558 Compound internal combustion engine and method for its use Dec 25, 1984 4489560 Compound internal combustion engine
Six-stroke_engine
horsepower. Even though these engines were operated at a relatively low 20–25 psi (140–170 kPa) steam pressure, the compound system was claimed to give significant
Humphrys,_Tennant_and_Dykes
Conceptual engine
after combustion. This concept is similar to that of compound steam engines, which expand steam in high pressure cylinders before exhausting it into low-pressure
Five-stroke_engine
US make of steam-powered cars
The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909 to 1931. Its latter models of steam car, with fast-firing boiler and electric start, were
Doble_steam_car
expansion valve is a device in steam engine valve gear that improves engine efficiency. It operates by closing off the supply of steam early, before the piston
Expansion valve (steam engine)
Expansion_valve_(steam_engine)
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
British World War II cargo steamship
of steamships that had a White combination engine, which was a high-speed four-cylinder compound steam engine that drove the propeller shaft via single-reduction
SS_St._Elwyn
transition from sail to steam power, so she was fitted with three fully rigged masts in addition to her two-cylinder compound steam engine manufactured by Laird
SS_Asiatic
French ironclad ship
connecting rod compound steam engine driving a single propeller. Its engine was powered by eight oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 4,428
French_ironclad_Friedland
German mechanical engineer and businessman (1814–1896)
Carl H. Ziese (1848 -1917) the constructor in 1874 of the first compound steam engine to be integrated in a German gunship. The company had so many orders
Ferdinand_Schichau
Vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia
was the first Australian tugboat to be built with an oil-fired compound steam engine. On completion in 1933, the tugboat was offered to the Royal Australian
Wattle_(steam_tug)
1872 cargo ship
as a brigantine. Newfoundland had a two-cylinder compound steam engine, built by the Ouseburn Engine Works of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, which powered
SS_Newfoundland
Preserved stationary steam engine in England
the mill's closure the engine is still worked under steam as a museum display. At 3000 hp, the twin tandem compound steam engine is possibly the most powerful
Ellenroad_Ring_Mill_Engine
Motor vehicle
square inch (1,400 kPa), and a 2-cylinder compound steam engine which developed 40 bhp (30 kW). The 5-ton steam wagon was driven through a 2-speed transmission
Foden_5-ton_steam_wagon
Steam-powered winch or logging engine
A steam donkey, or donkey engine, is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered
Steam_donkey
Railway locomotive powered by a steam engine
700 times. Functionally, it is a self-propelled steam engine on wheels. In most locomotives the steam is admitted alternately to each end of its cylinders
Steam_locomotive
1873 General-Admiral-class cruiser
(410 t). The ship had a vertical compound steam engine driving a single two-bladed 6.25-meter (20 ft 6 in) propeller. Steam was provided by five cylindrical
Russian cruiser General-Admiral
Russian_cruiser_General-Admiral
Greek-owned World War II cargo steamship
steamships that had White combination engines. This was a combination of a high-speed four-cylinder compound steam engine that drove the propeller shaft via
SS_Agios_Georgios_IV
Heat engine using reciprocating pistons
from the steam at increasingly lower pressures. These engines are called compound engines. Aside from looking at the power that the engine can produce
Reciprocating_engine
Museum in England
Bolton Steam Museum is a museum in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which houses a variety of preserved steam engines. Based in the cotton store of
Bolton_Steam_Museum
Mechanic and engine builder
Township, New Jersey. His credits also include building both the first compound steam engine for marine use and the first New York City tenement structure. Allaire
James_P._Allaire
Vehicle powered by a steam engine
A steam tractor is a tractor powered by a steam engine which is used for pulling. In North America, the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of
Steam_tractor
Passenger and cargo ship
94 m). She was assessed at 1,376 GRT, 892 NRT. She was powered by a compound steam engine, which had cylinders of 27 inches (69 cm) and 54 inches (140 cm)
SS_Bywell_Castle
Ironclad warship of the Ottoman Navy
armed with four 229 mm (9 in) guns, was powered by a single-screw compound steam engine with a top speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). Feth-i Bülend saw
Ottoman ironclad Feth-i Bülend
Ottoman_ironclad_Feth-i_Bülend
Type of locomotive designed to recover exhaust steam
stationary or ship-based steam plant of similar power due to having fewer waste recovery stages, as ships often have a compound steam engine with an additional
Condensing_steam_locomotive
French armored frigate 1865–1895
connecting rod compound steam engine driving a single propeller. Their engines were powered by eight oval boilers. On sea trials the engine produced 3,600
French_ironclad_Océan
19th c. steamboat
Agrippina's engines were used to create the compound steam engine of the tugboat Hercules, creating the first effective compound steam engines. In 1829 Agrippina
Agrippina_(1827)
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)
Express steam locomotive of the Prussian S52 series
series (Br) 136-8. The locomotive had a two-cylinder compound steam engine using saturated steam. In Poland, during the interwar period, 29 locomotives
Pd4
British passenger liner, launched 1870
steam and sail, she had twelve boilers generating steam at 65 pounds-force per square inch (450 kPa) powering a single four cylinder compound steam engine
SS_Oceanic_(1870)
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
Machine that uses steam to rotate a shaft
A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work
Steam_turbine
US cargo ship class of WWII
steam turbine was the preferred marine steam engine because of its greater efficiency compared to earlier reciprocating compound steam engines. Steam
Liberty_ship
the beam, and had a draught of 13 feet. Powered by two 2-cylinder compound steam engines they were capable of 18 knots, and had a crew of 93. The ship was
Surprise-class_cruiser
steam engines GB 189923234 (A), 1899, Improvements in steam generators GB 190006487 (A), 1901, An improvement in starting valves for compound steam engines
List of steam technology patents
List_of_steam_technology_patents
US Navy training ship in service 1943–1945
boilers installed and was powered by a three-cylinder inclined compound steam engine. The engine, built by American Shipbuilding, had one cylinder of 66 inches
USS_Sable
Type of steam-powered vessel
steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn)
Steamship
Scottish engineer
patented a compound steam engine in 1845. This was a technique of improving the efficiency of a standard simple Boulton & Watt beam engine. The engine was compounded
William_McNaught_(Glasgow)
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
Balance of reciprocating and rotating engine components
Engine balance refers to how the inertial forces produced by moving parts in an internal combustion engine or steam engine are neutralised with counterweights
Engine_balance
Evolution of steam power beyond mainstream mid-20th-century implementations
Advanced steam technology (sometimes known as modern steam) reflects an approach to the technical development of the steam engine intended for a wider
Advanced_steam_technology
Belgian ocean liner
1883. She was fitted with Scotch marine boilers powering a single compound steam engine as her primary means of propulsion, notably using the largest piston
SS_Westernland_(1883)
Type of compound steam locomotive
The Vauclain compound was a type of compound steam locomotive that was briefly popular from the early 1890s to the mid-1900s. Developed by the Baldwin
Vauclain_compound
assessed at 2,831 gross register tons (GRT) and had one two-cylinder compound steam engine driving a single screw propeller that could achieve a speed of 11
SS_Geiser_(1881)
Ship
turtle-back deck forward and aft as a protection from the heavy seas. The compound steam engine built for Oregon had a 70-inch-diameter (1,800 mm) high-pressure
SS_Oregon_(1883)
Railway museum in Central Java, Indonesia
(both are rack locomotives and a 4-4-0 two-cylinder compound steam engine) and a hydraulic diesel engine, using the remains of the closing of the 3 ft 6 in
Ambarawa_Railway_Museum
Argentine ship, built in London
her crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men. The ship had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750
ARA_El_Plata
Steam engine for use on rail tracks
A steam motor is a form of steam engine used for light locomotives and light self-propelled motor cars used on railways. The origins of steam motor cars
Steam_motor
Merchant ship which carries general cargo and passengers
the compound steam engine gave greater fuel efficiency and opened these routes up to steamships. Alfred Holt pioneered the use of these engines in his
Cargo_liner
Beam engine designed by James Watt
of buttons and buckles. Watt did not invent the steam engine and there is no single 'Watt steam engine' as such. He developed a number of separate innovations
Lap_Engine
Passenger-cargo steamship
of their construction, and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of
SS_Ohio_(1872)
French Navy's Océan-class of three wooden-hulled armored frigates
connecting-rod, compound steam engine, driving a single propeller using steam provided by eight oval boilers. On sea trials the engines produced between
Océan-class_ironclad
Steam-engine design which does not require a valve gear
An oscillating cylinder steam engine (also known as a wobbler in the US)[citation needed] is a simple steam-engine design (proposed by William Murdoch
Oscillating cylinder steam engine
Oscillating_cylinder_steam_engine
Historic American paddlewheel steamboat (1927–2008) hotel (2009–2014)
676 metric tons), with a capacity of 176 passengers. Her cross-compound steam engines generate 2,000 indicated horsepower (1,500 kW), powering a stern-mounted
Delta_Queen
Various American boats
tandem-compound steam engines are controlled from this station. The engine order telegraph is on the left. Overhead throttles control the flow of steam to
Natchez_(boat)
Steam powered road roller
following decades, introducing fully steerable front rollers and compound steam engines at the 1881 Royal Agricultural Show. The move to asphalt for road
Steamroller
ISBN 978-1-55750-352-7. Langensiepen, Bernd & Güleryüz, Ahmet (1995). The Ottoman Steam Navy 1828–1923. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-610-1. Sondhaus
List of ironclad warships of the Ottoman Empire
List_of_ironclad_warships_of_the_Ottoman_Empire
Type of locomotive
An articulated locomotive is a steam locomotive (rarely, an electric locomotive) with one or more engine units that can move independently of the main
Articulated_locomotive
Swedish cargo ship (1873–1875)
(196 ft 10 in) long and had a width of 18 m (59 ft 1 in). She had a compound steam engine and a 20 m (66 ft) iron propeller shaft. From 12 September 1875
SS_Vidar
Protected cruiser of the French Navy
propelled by a pair of horizontal, 2-cylinder compound steam engines, each driving a screw propeller. Steam was provided by twelve coal-burning fire-tube
French_cruiser_Sfax
Type of hydraulic compression system failure
cylinders. A hydraulic lock can occur in steam engines due to steam condensing back into water. In most steam engine designs there is a short time at the
Hydrolock
French Navy's La Galissonnière-class of wooden-hulled, armored corvettes
single vertical compound steam engine driving a single propeller and the same boilers as La Galissonnière. During trials their engines produced 2,214 indicated
La Galissonnière-class ironclad
La_Galissonnière-class_ironclad
century, to useful pumps for mining in 1700, and then to Watt's improved steam engine designs in the late 18th century. It is these later designs, introduced
Timeline_of_steam_power
British shipping company, 1839–1932
century. It introduced new technologies, such as John Elder’s marine compound steam engine in 1870, and worked to redefine seafaring by focusing on comfort
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Royal_Mail_Steam_Packet_Company
Assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat
gas and steam Combined cycle powered railway locomotive Cost of electricity by source Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator Compound steam engine "HA technology
Combined-cycle_power_plant
Merchant ship (1938–1984)
renamed Wickenburgh. In 1953 her compound steam engine and low-pressure steam turbine were replaced with a diesel engine, with a reduction in gross register
MV_Wickenburgh
beam just to work the steam distributing valves. The Cruquius Engine in the Netherlands is complex, being an annular compound, and constructed ‘upside
Cornish_engine_valve_gear
Soviet icebreaker
halves along the centerline, each with its own oil-fired boilers, compound steam engine, and smoke stack. Saratovskiy Ledokol sank by the railway bridge
Saratovskiy_Ledokol
1 m) beam, 15.9 feet (4.8 m) depth of hold, with two boilers, a compound steam engine rated at 600 indicated horsepower. The ship was registered at Portland
SS_City_of_Chester
British-built collier (1881–1916)
7 m). Her tonnages were 953 GRT, 603 NRT. She had a two-cylinder compound steam engine built by Thomas Richardson & Sons. It was originally rated at 99
SS_Franz_Fischer
assessed at 2,524 gross register tons (GRT) and had one two-cylinder compound steam engine driving a single screw propeller that could achieve a speed of 10
SS_Thingvalla_(1874)
Transatlantic liner, sank disastrously 1873
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, commonly referred to as the White Star Line. Her primary propulsion was a four-cylinder compound condensing steam engine producing
SS_Atlantic_(1870)
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