World's Largest Triple Expansion Steam Engine Part - 2
This segment covers the water pumping components for this large engine and the production of process steam in the early 1900s for River Station at the Greater ...
We miss interpreted the documentation when the video was made and the above
answer is incorrect. We opened up the pump chamber, cleaned and removed one
of the seven valve cages, and removed a few valves. There are 40
valves/cage, 280 valves/assembly, two assemblies per pump (inlet and
discharge), 1,680 valves/engine, and 6,720 valves/station. Every valve was
removed, inspected, and the face resurfaced if necessary on an annual
basis. Pictures of the cage and valves on the web site (RS Details)
The next time some young and dumb Smart Phone Molester doubts that anything
could be designed without a computer I shall refer them to this video. My
dad (from Cleveland) went through your plant as an engineering student in
September of 1941. The War interrupted his plans but he got his M.E. degree
later. He worked for Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. No
doubt that your plant and all of its workings had a big influence on his
career choice.
Interesting. But if I got this correctly; 820 valves per inlet AND
discharge valve assembly, that would mean 1640 valves per pump, 4920 valves
per three pumps in each engine, and a grand total of 19680 valves for all
four engines and 24 valve assemblies. Providing my math is correct, I would
not want to be the guy changing the washers in all those...
@JonatanGronoset Good question. Yes, your math is correct. I double checked
that data prior to making the video and wondered how many valves actually
were working at any point in time. They were over designed by about 3 to 1
and could withstand many inoperative valves without restricting the flow.
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Kemper Rd Tank Lift
Greater Cincinnati Water Works is building the largest elevated water tank in its history. The tank, located off of Kemper Road, will hold about three million ...