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Originally Posted by bennelson
The big issue with steam: SAFETY! There were plenty of steam cars in the early 1900s. It would be interesting so see what they used for pressure control at that time.
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Ben, Google “flash boiler”
A Monotube or flash boiler is the most efficient, lightest, and safest boiler. It is easy and inexpensive to construct. It produces steam as it is needed, it does not store the steam. Most old steam cars used a “Doble flash boiler”.
Check-out this modern steam engine that also uses a built-in flash boiler:
Cyclone Power Technologies - How It Works
-Mark