Veleña, Charles Thomas P.

BSBA BE 1 – 3

ACTIVITY 2.2

Research on the Development of the ff:

 Watt’s Steam Engine

The use of steam engine is to generate
power and perform mechanical work
through heat. James Watt improved this
engine in the 1800s when he was asked
to repair a model Newcomen steam
engine. He realized that the steam
engine is inefficient so he developed a
design that would help run faster and
use less fuel. His trick was to separate
the process of condensing the steam
which makes the whole cylinder
independent and not need to be cooled
down which had wasted a lot of heat.
With the help of Matthew Boulton, they
had a steam engine business and made
this machine more efficient not just by
pumping water but also for machineries
for paper, cloth, cotton, etc.
 Steam Turbine
Steam Turbine was developed by
Charles A. Parson in 1884. Turbine was
used for lighting an exhibition in
Newcastle, England and produced
merely 7.5 KW of energy. And Now,
steam turbine generators can produce
over 1,000 MW of energy in large-scale
power plants. This machine was based
on the second law of Thermodynamics
and Cornet’s Theorem where with great
steam temperature comes greater plant
efficiency. Its use is to produce power
and energy in generators and other
electric appliances and it works through
create steam and as the steam past
through the blades, it expands and
cools down.
  Internal-Combustion Engine
Internal-Combustion Engines are any of
a group of devices in which the
reactants of combustion (oxidizer and
fuel) and the products of combustion
serve as the working fluids of the
engine. Such an engine gains
its energy from heat released during the
combustion of the nonreacted working
fluids, the oxidizer-fuel mixture. these
engines are extremely used in power-
generating devices that are currently is
existing and Examples include gasoline
engines, diesel engines, gas-turbine
engines, and rocket-propulsion
systems.
Internal-combustion engines are divided
into two groups: continuous-combustion
engines and intermittent-combustion
engines. The continuous-combustion
engine is characterized by a steady flow
of fuel and oxidizer into the engine while
intermittent-combustion engine is
characterized by periodic ignition
of air and fuel and is commonly referred
to as a reciprocating engine.

SOURCE:

https://ageofrevolution.org/200-object/boulton-watt-engine/

https://petrotechinc.com/how-does-a-steam-turbine-work/

https://www.britannica.com/technology/internal-combustion-engine