[modeleng] Re: Model boiler sizes and designs

  • From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:25:05 +0100

Mike,

In the section of the code headed "Application" there is no mention of the 
word "model". If there was the code would have to define what constitutes a 
model - a real can of worms.

Regards,

Barrie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Leahy" <heisler9-modeleng2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:23 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Model boiler sizes and designs


> Chris
>
> Please be careful as to what you regard to be a 'model'. For example
> boilers for steam plants in boats can be quite small and well within
> the bar-litre limits but cannot be tested because a boat is a boat,
> ie 12" to the foot scale. Likewise a boiler to drive a small
> industrial engine is not a model but is considered full size.
> Otherwise as Barrie states.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Mike Leahy
>
>
> On 13 Apr 2012, at 10:17, Chris Crosskey wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know what the maximum bar-litre value is for a model
>> boiler? (i.e. for a boiler to be considered a model one). Does
>> anyone know if there's a vertical boiler design that operates close
>> to this.... Looking for something in the 80-100 psi range under the
>> assumption that this would be a sensible value for a double-
>> expansion engine...
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> chrisc
>>
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