| Taxonomy | NCKU
Collection |
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| Group | Machine
System Models |
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| ID | N05 |
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| Title |
Horizontal steam engine |
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| Creator | ||
| Vintage | c.1913-1929
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| Manufacturer | Shimadzu Seisakusho Ltd |
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| Size | Base: Width x Depth [455,135]mm; Overall: W x D x Height [485,135,83]mm |
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| Medium |
Plastic cover, cast iron, and brasson wood pedestal |
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| Rights | All
rights reserved by the National Cheng Kung University |
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| Audience | General
Public |
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| Keyword | ||
| Description | Steam engine
is an engine whose power is generated from vapor. In the early stage,
it was broadly used in industrial factories and transportation. It also
played an important role in the era of Industrial Revolution. The shown
horizontal steam engine model has a pipe on its left for connecting the
boiler to introduce the vapor into its cylinder. Then the introduced vapor
can force the piston back and forth. The piston is linked with a linkage
that is used to transmit piston power to the flywheel (or wheel) on its
right. Besides, there also exists a linkage that is used to control the
intake valve inside the engine. A bar of the linkage is designated for
controlling the open and close of the intake valve. When the bar is at
right, the valve is opened from which the vapor can enter into the engine;
when the bar is at left, the valve is closed from which the vapor is stopped
outside the engine. While the vapor is permitted for entrance, the valve
will move right and left alternately according to the piston timing to
open the right and left pipes, respectively. Thus it can promote a periodically
reciprocal push force on the piston, that causes the forward and the backward
stroke are both of the power strokes. |
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| Descr Author | Hong-Sen Yan | |
| Descr Date | 2006-05-01 |
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| References | ||
| Resources | Movie |
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