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High Pressure Steam Engine - Invented by Richard Trevithick

 
Richard Trevithick-High Pressure Steam Engine
: Richard Trevithick (Know about Richard Trevithick)
: 1799
: United Kingdom
: Energy

About Invention

Around 1800 Richard Trevithick and, separately, Oliver Evans in 1801 introduced engines using high-pressure steam; Trevithick obtained his high-pressure engine patent in 1802.These were much more powerful for a given cylinder size than previous engines and could be made small enough for transport applications. Thereafter, technological developments and improvements in manufacturing techniques (partly brought about by the adoption of the steam engine as a power source) resulted in the design of more efficient engines that could be smaller, faster, or more powerful, depending on the intended application.


The Cornish engine was developed by Trevithick and others in the 1810s.It was a compound cycle engine that used high-pressure steam expansively, then condensed the low-pressure steam, making it relatively efficient. The Cornish engine had irregular motion and torque though the cycle, limiting it mainly to pumping. Cornish engines were used in mines and for water supply until the late 19th century.

 

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