Design 1

Steam Engine Design #1

Under Construction!

The principal idea is to be able to utilize existing internal combustion engines found in late model gasoline automobiles.

This page deals only with the Engine and assumes that a suitable steam source is available along with suitable fuel to produce the steam.

Design #1 proposes to utilize existing internal combustion engines, whether gasoline or diesel, as follows:

• Replace the carburetor with an adapter who's connection to the intake manifold is produced by creating a template using the carburetor/intake manifold interface. This adapter shall be at least 5/8" steel stock with a central orifice to which is welded a 3/4" female standard thread coupler which can connect to standard threaded black steal 3/4" pipe, which will provide steam to the intake manifold.
• Replace the camshaft and crankshaft coupling with a 1:1 coupling such that one revolution of the crankshaft produces one revolution of the camshaft(s).
• Modify the camshaft (or two camshafts in the case of a "V" configuration engine) as follows:
• • remove the existing camshaft lobes, preferably by grinding; or by beans of an oxygen/acetylene cutting torch and then grinding smooth, preferably by utilization of a metal lathe.
  • create new cams as follows:
  • • utilizing at least 5/8" thick steel stock
    • layer one upon the other the number of stock pieces required
    • using a cam template dimensioned as shown in Figure 1a (note that specific dimensions will be dependent upon the particular engine being modified), shape the stock as prescribed by the template using a combination of oxygen/acetylene cutting torch and grinding; providing the prescribed opening just large enough to slide over the modified lobe-less cam shaft(s)
  • position the completed and polished cams as specified in Table 1a
  • attach the positioned cams by means of electric welding ensuring that nothing incidental to such welding interferes with any part that comes in contact with the cam surface or interferes with any oil port
• Replace the modified cam shafts and adjust the cam to valve interface using normal specifications for that particular engine.
• Throttle control shall be controlled by articulating a valve controlling steam flow into the intake manifold
• Discharge from the exhaust manifold shall be allowed to escape for the initial prototype and latter re-injected into the steam generation system once the engine design has been perfected

The conceptual design of this engine is depicted by Figure 1.

Figure 1
Engine Design #1

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Last modified: December 9, 1998