Journey of Steam Machines: From Steam Rail Engines to driving giant machines in factories

Steam Machines are engines propelled by steam energy to run various machineries in a factory or manufacturing plant. Fire engines, mill engines and blowing engines all of them were run using the mechanism of steam generated from different sources.

Water, coal and wood fuel are the driving force supplying steam energy to a distinct set of machines and equipment utilizing the power of steam as the sources of energy. Turbines are meant to rotate and generate power for the machine that is meant to consume it at the end of the day.

Factories, locomotives, ships and plenty other giant machines were run by these steam machines during the 20^th century. These engines and steam machines come in two varieties; external combustion engines (EC) and internal combustion (IC) engines.In an IC the combustion of fuel is done inside the cylinder, where temperature and pressure keeps on changing due to the pistons strokes. With the appropriate burner in a steam engine, it is completely harmless, as the poisonous pollutants are strictly under control. Rankine cycle steam engine is the best example of it. This engine is capable of burning any kind of fuel supplied to the burner, as it is an external combustion engine.

Even cars and locomotives apart from the ships and factories are powered by steam engines. Few of the advantages that might suit your needs;

• Almost less noise producing vehicle engines can be operated with a steam engine. 
• They don’t require any hardware to control pollution.
• High horsepower and torque can be generated with the Rankin cycle engine, compared to the internal combustion engine.

In a nutshell I gathered the most common facts about steam engines, burners and turbines for you.