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Interestingly, the steam engines of the Titanic made use of the vacuum generated by condensing steam to extract additional energy from steam that's below atmosp
by zyxin 3y ago
Interestingly, the steam engines of the Titanic made use of the vacuum generated by condensing steam to extract additional energy from steam that's below atmospheric pressure.
https://www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm https://www.titanicology.com/Titanica/TitanicsPrimeMover.htm
- userbinator 3y agoAs were most if not all the other steamships of that era; compound steam engines were already over a century old by then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_steam_engine
- donw 3y agoComments like these are the reason that I still read hacker news. I can come to a thread, and almost always there will be somebody replying with extra information on the topic at hand. Thank you.
- ohthatsnotright 3y agoRelated blog post that is one of my favorite authors: https://technicshistory.com/2023/11/30/the-pursuit-of-efficiency-and-the-science-of-steam/ https://technicshistory.com/2023/11/30/the-pursuit-of-effici...