Recent content by JamesWatt

If you were my neighbor, this morning at 6am you would have heard loud, celebratory swearing through your wall. I read 6V off my multi-meter with this: I started with an unsuspecting aluminum pressure cooker: I tapped two ¼” NPT holes in the top—one for a pressure gauge and one for...

My goal, in the long-run, is to come up with a new invention in the energy industry on the scale of James Watt’s steam engine. Right now, I’m two and a half years into a leadership development program at an industrial parts reseller and pursuing my goal outside of work. I’ve been doing...

SUMMARY I’m making a small turbine. I’m looking for suggestions as to how to measure efficiency and maximize the pressure of the steam taken in. DETAILS If I understand it correctly, essentially, a turbine is a way to convert steam pressure into electricity via a rotating shaft (with...