This video is about Belliss & Morcom Steam Generator. The video was taken using an iPhone 6s plus at the Queensland steam and Vintage Machinery Society, here we see Shane operate the generator upto 350 RPM.
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@vincentrobinette150710 ай бұрын
16 pole = 375 RPM for 50 Hz, or 450 RPM for 60 Hz...Awfully fast for a machine that size! It looks very well balanced, very little vibration. With that precision balance, it should be reliable at those speeds. It's very quiet. No loud "clanking" sounds, very tight clearances. It was obviously built, to be able to run fast enough to get those AC frequencies out of a 16 pole synchronous alternator.
@MenzelMotors9 ай бұрын
nice color, greetings from Berlin from the people who make large industrial electric motors
@citroenfil10 ай бұрын
Would be good to see it producing power and under load.
@65bug5197 ай бұрын
That is a very modern steam generator, it looks and sounds like the Fairbanks Morse 2 stroke diesels that replaced it.
@holsetcummins8 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful and classic video.
@LaLaLand.Germany9 ай бұрын
Can this genny still make power? I imagine it taking an awful lot of steam, was there a condenser originally? Fine engine, though. I hope it can stay a museums piece, with times becoming worse it might be nice to have this still around.
@steamtrainmark9 ай бұрын
If it was wired up, yes it could still make power.
@EmmaRitson8 жыл бұрын
thanks for another great video.
@joytsutsui4 жыл бұрын
May I ask about Belliss & Morcom steam generator. It like a legend of generator and keep in museum. Where can we find used steam generator for sale.
@philnewcomers91709 ай бұрын
Preston steam services
@danielbedrossian59868 ай бұрын
I am curious, how these old generators could work together providing AC power in even a smaller grid. I litterally can hear the steam engin speed up and slow down, and so I don't know how multiple generators can stay sincronised.
@steamtrainmark8 ай бұрын
I believe this unit was DC, I will have to check when I am at the club next.
@fromgermany2718 ай бұрын
@@steamtrainmark The drawing say 437 *KVA* That’s an AC power rating. It also says „Alternator“.
@fromgermany2718 ай бұрын
How they stay synchronized? Via the wires! I remember an experiment in a science museum, where 2 small synchronous 3-phase motors with permanent field magnets (just to avoid exciter power need) where connected by wire. You could not stop the one if the other was rotated by someone else (strong enough). Once you synched them, these generators will only loose that synchronization, if you massively overwhelmed the system.
@danielbedrossian59868 ай бұрын
@@fromgermany271 , and two barely self regulating steam motor are already good enough for the said two generators? I mean yeah, somehow the early powergrids could stand up and work, but I am still kinda surprised.
@Kevin756687 ай бұрын
Generator sets like this were primarily meant to provide power to factories and mills that either didn't have access to sufficient grid power, or could produce it less expensively themselves, often by burning waste material in their boilers.
@barrywhitley25354 жыл бұрын
Nice machine.
@luckygen10017 жыл бұрын
I took a lot videos of this engine on the same day, that's when they had the power failure and all the rain.
@steamtrainmark7 жыл бұрын
luckygen1001 thanks mate, you do some great videos and need to watch a few more.
@luckygen10017 жыл бұрын
If you are interested I have videos about the stationary steam engines I have designed and built.
@steamtrainmark7 жыл бұрын
Yes I shaw would, we will be steaming again this Sunday and the following Sunday.
@luckygen10017 жыл бұрын
Have a look at this video I made, "55 Amp Leece-Neville Alternator modified to generate 240 volts" it is a direct copy of a belliss & morcom using a car alternator and a motor from a laser printer.
@TheVasan6934 жыл бұрын
@@luckygen1001 I also.
@philnewcomers91709 ай бұрын
you did not show it being put on the board ie being conecected to the mains
@steamtrainmark9 ай бұрын
It has never been connected to mains unfortunately.
@yanikivanov5 жыл бұрын
This is great..... looks powerful. 150 kw?
@getwellgetfitgetlaid35149 ай бұрын
437kVA, translates to 437 kilowatts RMS. And the steam engines was 500 kilowatts.
@angie22689 ай бұрын
Not Good for the generator to allow the wet exhaust steam to be drawn through it .