Steam generator

Edited By Windy on 26/01/2018 13:59:01

Edited By Carl Wilson 4 on 26/01/2018 14:06:48

Edited By Carl Wilson 4 on 26/01/2018 14:08:34

Full size speed record attempt machines have always a cost involved but there are speed enthusiasts in this country and abroad that have legally obtained hydrogen peroxide of required strength.

Rocket mam Brown was using it some years ago.

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Even the Nitro you use if over a certain percentage for models and drag racing you have to have a license in my drag racing, sprinting days anyone could buy the 90% nitro.

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Edited By Windy on 26/01/2018 14:39:53

I understand with terrorist threats and H & S the need to control various chemicals.

Wonder where it will all end this control as looking on the internet your supposed to be able to make explosions with house hold chemical products.

Edited By Windy on 26/01/2018 19:11:03

Takes me back, I remember watching Vanishing Point at Santa Pod **LINK**

Brian

HTP, high test peroxide was used as fuel on the Blue Steel nuclear weapons carried by the RAF V Bombers in years gone by, very stringent safety procedures when using it to fuel the weapons, very nasty stuff not something to play around with at home.

Dave W

Carl did you consider using Nitrous Oxide for a liquid fuelled rocket here is a link to a rocket car powered using it and a common fuel

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Knights Arrow was at Elvington a few years ago I think it was it's owner who took a lot of interest in my steamer when I was doing a demo fire up.

You never know there might be a flash steam car going up the drag strip someday.

Edited By Windy on 26/01/2018 19:55:25

Edited By Windy on 26/01/2018 20:05:30

The Me 163 was powered by Hydrazine, Methanol and water so why did they need to generate steam?

This book is a fascinating read into the history of liquid rocket fuel development. It does get a bit down in the weeds regarding the chemistry at times. Some very interesting engineering challenges, as well as some very hair raising descriptions of when things didn't go quite right. Very sobering when you read of the toxicity and instability of some of the stuff that they were using. https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf

Edited By Stuart Bridger on 27/01/2018 08:43:10

Did it use a steam turbine powered fuel pump like the V2 (which used a sodium permanganate catalyst in its steam generator)?

Brian

They could have used silver and the hydrogen peroxide to produce the steam.

Looks like something out of a Whitehead Torpedo. Now that the British government is to down size the armed forces, you might pick one up in a govt surplus store.

Ian S C