I have been to a pumping station (is this a good google translate thing don't know)
It's in the Netherlands , and when is't realy getting wet they start up this steam driven station to pump out the water
It has 4 steam engines and eight 500m3/minute pumps
It think it's great ,it's in 1920 and it's run by volunteers
http://supertjeduc.zenfolio.com/p469279432/slideshow (http://supertjeduc.zenfolio.com/p469279432/slideshow)
(http://supertjeduc.zenfolio.com/img/s3/v39/p205077466-4.jpg)
Thats pretty cool - I've had the opportunity to help with a couple steam powered sawmills - fun stuff Thanks for the pics!
8 x 500m3 Pumps?
That's water flowing at 240 kph in a 1.12m diameter pipe.
That's a *lot* of water. :o
Quote from: Speeddog on January 05, 2012, 10:40:33 AM
8 x 500m3 Pumps?
That's water flowing at 240 kph in a 1.12m diameter pipe.
That's a *lot* of water. :o
http://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woudagemaal.nl%2F7438%2Fstoomgemaal%2F&act=url (http://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woudagemaal.nl%2F7438%2Fstoomgemaal%2F&act=url)
Why 1.12m diameter?
Awesome!
Quote from: supertjeduc on January 05, 2012, 11:18:22 AM
~~~SNIP~~~
Why 1.12m diameter?
1.12m diameter = 1m
2Made the calculations easy. [laugh]
Quote from: Speeddog on January 05, 2012, 12:36:43 PM
1.12m diameter = 1m2
Made the calculations easy. [laugh]
Engineers are prohibited by law from "making things easy" :-*