Can Liquid Nitrogen Run a Steam Engine?

In this video I show you what happens to a steam engine in a vacuum chamber and when you put liquid nitrogen in the engine!
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[@thejoker7902]

4:47 Him: "oh crap! I can't stop it." Engine: *fine, I'll do it myself*

[@guiorgy]

More like LN: "oh, you want me to stop? Guess I'll go through the other exit now"

[@SebasZitro]

DIY

[@jeffborders5526]

Rapid unscheduled disassembly

[@MeriaDuck]

The g forces on the nozzles must become quite high at such high rpm. Cool (literally) 😀

[@OK-_-KO]

Lmao dude I literally just commented the same thing and then scrolled down and saw this comment

[@TheRatLiker]

"Oh crap, I can't stop it" Famous last words of a mad scientist

[@myfaveyoutube]

You think that was his first attempt?

[@ulrichkalber9039]

the words he needs are: "Besen Besen seids gewesen"

[@beiyongzui]

Or someone's failed attempt at pulling out

[@ZorotheGallade]

"It can't be stopped...it's self-sustaining now"

[@Circuitssmith]

“Attempting shutdown. It’s not-…. It’s not shutting down!”

[@Sackless_Jack]

The Action Labs Neighbor: "Another one of your little experiments landed in my yard! I will be contacting our home owners association...."

[@jonny555ive]

ZIP IT KAREN, and can I have my toy back.....please.

[@xiumeihuang8331]

Lmaoo

[@coolgoyim1133]

Next time in the action lab: “what will happen if I sink my neighbor in liquid nitrogen”

[@howlingcommandose]

Oh ya? I have over 3 million subscribers and I need more space for my experiments. So? I bought all the homes in the neighborhood and yours is the last to go. Well I'm not selling. That's ok, your in violation of the home owners agreement and have not responded in over 6 months to notices. So what!! Hum, I have another experiment called talk to my lawyer.

[@calvingreene90]

Next experiment sets their roof on fire.

[@ypiyush22]

I was waiting for the slow motion shot with liquid nitrogen and also its rotation speed.... 😕 it would have been a nice one...

[@FedeG86]

"It isn't what I expected but I'm satisfied" (History Cahnnel's pawn shop reference).

[@Vethursan1]

In life you get some, you lose some. "The world is cold dog. Like it says in the book, we are blessed AND cursed." Big Smoke

[@jerotoro2021]

He probably realized the pressure inside was increasing faster than the gas could be expelled out the nozzles which could make a potentially dangerous boom.

[@srpenguinbr]

maybe his camera wasn't fast enough to count the individual rotations

[@parthkatke6706]

Same

[@shakthinandan7124]

This guy is constantly finding cool things for us Awesome

[@sakthivel-er4uo]

Is this a pun?

[@shakthinandan7124]

@Muhammad Ali Minhas - Elev Karlskrona Internationella grundskola MYP 1-2 pls tell

[@blueheartorangeheart3768]

@@shakthinandan7124 because LN2 is very cold, and he sometimes makes videos employing LN2, this he finds “cool” things about LN2 for us

[@joshyoung1440]

Yes. Also the sky is blue. Awesome.

[@TheHammerGuy94]

these are what mad scientists do for a living. performing experiments we'd ever dare to find out answers for.

[@ProfessorDMA]

Consider magnetic bearings, which would become more effective as they get colder. (Also less friction, etc.)

[@meinkek7896]

Could this be applied to car engine?

[@fadlisani2080]

@@meinkek7896 in hot environment... Yes. This kind of engine really effective or maybe can sustaining itself on dessert or tropical area. I mean, you blowing liquid nitrogen into turbine and mixing it with warm air from enviroment. You know when cold air meet warm air, the pressure will increase, more pressure more energy can converted from temperature to kinetic energy. Considere LN is so cold, maybe icing problem is gonna be issue in this system.

[@meinkek7896]

@@fadlisani2080 then why no one made this? Or even better car engine on water. Saw it somewhere the creator gets killed of course.

[@fadlisani2080]

@@meinkek7896 honestly i dont know why but, If north Africa is as advanced and prosperous as Europe, maybe we can benefit this invention. Europe relitively cold and this invention isn't effective in Europe enviroment, cuz why they not looking it as solution to the energy crisis and this invention isn't applied. Why bother growing apples if the environment doesn't support it, right? Murica is also have no attention to this thing. You know, conventional generator is cheap cuz you don't need fund for research anymore and reliable in everywhere. Burning hydrocarbon is cheap, alternative energy mainly for political cuz alternative energy isn't sustainable, yo know... Go green bullshit. The only reliable alternative energy is hydropower, even that not always sustain everytime. And many people also still fear of nuclear power, once again... Cuz Greenpeace bullshit. That's why we fcked up cuz of climate change and we can't do anything about it.

[@meinkek7896]

@@fadlisani2080 ohhhhh you dont know what tech elites have hidden. I am talking about teleportation and anti gravity zero point energy vehicles. We can go green in about two weeks if we wanted. Climate change? That's all bs

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[@markchip1]

A toy? Yes but only suitable for astronauts, or mad scientists!!

[@Lost_kin435]

@@AxxLAfriku hmmm

[@Lost_kin435]

Its a beyblade

[@edwardtiangco1445]

@@Lost_kin435 you're right! Imagine a beyblade with boost

[@mopsbackupaccount5128]

This literally is rocket science.

[@egamersmk771]

Cryo testing the steam engine

[@orionsuniversepart2932]

Cooper: Initiating spin!

@@orionsuniversepart2932 Its not possible to slow down! Cooper: no, it's a must

[@orionsuniversepart2932]

Cooper: The Engine is starting to break!

[@alandouglas2789]

No, it’s not really

[@saswotlamichhane5862]

So should we call it Nitro engine now?

[@NightySevenn]

"NOS NAWS FOOL SPEED MAN"

[@blue_kobolt1785]

*Nitroengine*

[@tobyjohnson2556]

Gas gas gas

[@cessposter]

N.Gin

[@aqdasekram1466]

"and this video is sponsored by Nitro racing"

[@shade5554]

Add liquid nitrogen to the steam engine and blow torch that thing. You successfully created a black hole.

[@Mishanya442]

Imagine also doing it in a vacuum chamber.

[@dam78]

and make it from stronger material

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@Mishanya442 it will not move for longer

[@erichanastacio9695]

You need to use the unobtainium metal for this

[@chivaschico172]

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[@markholub97]

“Oh crap I can’t stop it”. That’s ok I’ll just explode.

[@Simon-ph1nf]

4:44 a mad scientists last famous last words

[@alfalfa3303]

I was actually thinking about this at like 2 in the morning ?!

[@alexlocklair2484]

Lol same here

[@alexlocklair2484]

Rly want to make this oml

[@HOAXYT01]

It's 10 pm night here

[@faiazirfan1262]

Luck

[@pinkninja6282]

Same ☕

[@PersePixels]

Liquid nitrogen: *exists* Action Lab: "it's free real estate"

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When it comes to science, the universe itself is free real estate

[@yingxiawei821]

TKOR: no I’m the true liquid nitrogen king

[@user-kh6jf5zj6n]

the sun is free real estate but hardly anyone uses it

[@Mithesil]

"Theres kinda no limit to the speed" well thats until it explodes

[@saberx0467]

That one weird looking bey-blade or fucking snitch thingy from Harry Potter.

[@tasic3921]

You always thank us for watching, but I would like to thank you for creating these entertaining, amazing, informative, special videos

[@biaali6174]

I really wish he shows us the rpm and slo-mo shot of the liquid nitrogen too at 1000 fps... imagine how cool it would be!!

[@AlexJohnsonSays]

@slowmoguys help us

[@sakshamk4009]

My mind in exam : his T shirt My mind in memes : I am speed

[@tmn671]

Action Lab always has amazing content, Kip going man.

[@Shirokroete]

Today on "Questions you asked yourself at 2 AM but didn't bother googling"

[@sugampandit]

i learn more from your videos than my college class

[@jerotoro2021]

Which makes me question the IQ of everyone who says "I have a degree" lol.

[@jerotoro2021]

@@gaize1017 Yes yes. I suppose I was using "IQ" colloquially to refer to intelligence in general. Sorry for the confusion.

[@lobi7133]

How many RPM was the nitrogen one going?

[@littensy]

$1.02

[@blueheartorangeheart3768]

Yes

[@DigitalJedi]

at least 7

[@_Killkor]

140 speeds

[@icisne7315]

More than 240 RPMs, at 1/4 it always doing more than one a sec, I think as 4 every second when I lost so 16*60 so like 960 RPM maybe

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[@-._Xenon_.-]

enters steam engine: hmm what should i download i think i should download liquid nitrogen

[@syakirflynnick]

Nice pun

[@-._Xenon_.-]

@@syakirflynnick thanks

[@Isaacroy.k]

Wherever these ideas come from are amazing

[@andie_pants]

Newt! My man! Thanks for calculus and stuff.

[@Isaacroy.k]

@@andie_pants No Problem glad to be of service

[@Isaacroy.k]

@Eddie Hitler am sorry sir for all i did was discover what was already there

[@Isaacroy.k]

@Eddie Hitler Goodluck with your quest

[@AaAa-ol8dh]

@@Isaacroy.k you still alive dawg?

[@a.sarmiento5116]

I think the important concept here is not the engine but that liquid nitrogen which could in a way be use as a fuel. That engine just shows the potential energy of the liquid nitrogen changing back to gas form which is abundant. Subscribed.

[@ClockworkCrow7]

The problem is the required energy to chill and compress the nitrogen into its liquid form & keeping it at that temperature constantly, and what engines are there to control the release of the fuel? And how would the powers that be implement safety measures? The general population isn't nearly as science & safety minded as many wish they were.

[@sakamotosan1887]

@@ClockworkCrow7 Liquid air batteries. Not to produce energy, but to store it. Put energy in to liquefy the air, get energy out by letting it return to a gas. Liquefying the air is "charging" the battery.

[@InternetUser999]

i’d say this channel always posts interesting videos, although some of them are very technical so I can’t understand and also sometimes there is not as much “action” in the experiments if you know what I mean. I decided today that this video is one of the video that did have action in the experiments. Great job on it!

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Now this is quality content.

[@infinitetime3000]

4:50 That really got me

[@Orubechi]

I watched the short of this video twice (once a while back and once now after a few months when it popped up in my feed again) in order for me to look up the full video and watch the whole thing Great stuff 👏🏼

[@megalexantros]

Part of my college thesis was referring to Heron and this engine! This is so cool that I see AL mention it!!

[@mikkelontop5513]

"oh crap! I can't stop it." FAMOUS LAST WORDS

[@CRISTAWProductions]

I just got like 10 youtube notifications from people uploading but I clicked as soon as I seen "The Action Lab".

[@neillunavat]

This was a really interesting video. Thank you Action Lab!

[@dream.machine]

That was really awesome! Please make a sturdy steam propeller and please show us just how fast it can move. It should have breaks on it too.

[@zeusarmstrong5261]

Why don't we have bigger models powering our electrical grids or our homes even? This is great! I think that I am going to power my home with this sort of idea! Great video mate!

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This popped up 30 seconds after I saw the short and I’m so happy.

[@babyboo600]

i really enjoy your content bro! keep it up💜

[@Firewall_Two_Thousand]

Him: oh crap I can’t stop it! Hero engine: *breaks off*

[@heyyatif6062]

4:35 Close your eyes and listen to his words for 30 sec

[@pujanmodha2749]

😂

[@cesarm9059]

He trully most be that very edgy/weird person to talk in parties. Great vídeo tho

[@SnickersEatsCookies]

Totally agree

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All geniuses are

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@@57F100 well that's true too

[@_Killkor]

Weird (in a good sense) people should be considered world treasure. They bring so much more color to our lives by opposing the everyday predictability and monotonous routine.

[@jerotoro2021]

Unless the meaning of "edgy" has suddenly changed, I see nothing edgy about him. Weird definitely, but not edgy.

[@dat_chip]

That actually worked TOO well! :D Nice experiment.

[@h7opolo]

love this. so awesome how fast it can spin. makes me wanna use it for electricity generation or even locomotion.

[@rawexploiterp6951]

I don't think it has enough torque to power anything. Maybe a gear reduction might help but still not enough

[@ytpremium7726]

3:00 it means if we put water in the space, it will boil. ( Am i correct?) .bd.

[@mostafahassan40]

No, water will freeze inside of it But the space is taking heat from water that why it was running fast.

[@mobiustrip1400]

Ok, so what RPM did you get with the liquid nitrogen? Also, it would be great to see the slo-mo for that breakage.

[@user-fo7bb5rh4e]

A very good Science Explanator...no second thoughts about it...This man makes Science easy to understand and interesting to learn..Great Sir! ..

[@jaxonevax6135]

That was awesome one a my favorite experiments you've done.

[@S0me0ne124]

2:38 me whos looking at that weird looking fire extinguisher in the background

[@silverground3670]

it is used to extinguish cigarette flames

[@lorddragonskin3603]

Now for the ultimate test... Steam motor filled with liquid nitrogen on a vacuum chamber with a heat source underneath.

[@1014p]

Guessing you missed it destroying itself. It would happen faster is all.

[@nahrafe]

Didnt the heat would just spark the nitro though?

[@asepsolihin5199]

@@nahrafe nitrogen is not fuel. and theres no oxygen in vacuum

[@scotmetcalf2745]

Funny I’d seen this yesterday and my 8 year old granddaughter was showing me a car they made out of old toilet paper roll,axle,wheels and decided to show her this!! We are new subs and looking forward to seeing what you have next? Thanks and have a fantastic day

[@darthdavid2275]

This was simple, short and informative I like it

[@andie_pants]

Ok, so Hero described that he'd seen this device in Roman Egypt. Imagine if, instead of saying _"Hey, neat spinny thingy! Well, back to my ox plow...",_ they brought about the steam engine and industrial revolution back in the first century. What would the world of 2021 look like if Elon Musk and SpaceX happened 700 years ago?

[@jonny555ive]

What if the actual name for bowling pin was haircut ?

[@giovannicesaramorim9adigan961]

Counting on elon musk solely nothing would have happened as he doesn't do anything, second, the steam revolution wasn't in the 14th century, third, The hero's engine is way different from the newcoman's engine, and so the design they had in mind would not have been as nearly as efficient as any other type of engine at the time.

[@andie_pants]

@@giovannicesaramorim9adigan961 There's one in every crowd.

[@giovannicesaramorim9adigan961]

@@andie_pants ?

[@andie_pants]

@@giovannicesaramorim9adigan961 Sorry, I was being a jerk. You're fine. :-)

[@jevinliu4658]

I never imagined that nitrogen, one of the most inert elements on the periodic table, can be fuel.

[@JohnDlugosz]

It's not -- it's being used as reaction mass. And nitrogen gas (stable 2-atom molecules) are very stable, which is why *other* forms make good explosives -- it wants to get to that stable state. Remember the Beirut harbor explosion? That was nitrogen.

[@jevinliu4658]

@@JohnDlugosz Oh, thanks for the clarification. I didn't even know that had a specific term like that. Also, how did I forget about that explosion? IDK.

[@dinkledankle]

@@JohnDlugosz Technically, yes it's 'reaction mass', but colloquially it can be fuel, as 'fuel' can also mean 'to sustain', or be a thing that sustains. I'd say the nitrogen is sustaining the rotation of the device.

[@kindlin]

@@jevinliu4658 One of the most common, low-complexity, low-cost, low-impulse thrusters used in space, mostly for minor maneuvering, is the simple cold gas thruster, typically with nitrogen. You just open the valve and the high pressure gas escapes out a nozzle, giving decent thrust. The thrust to weight is pretty low, as I understand it, but it's so reliable, that it has great use over long-duration missions.

[@mdderrek9280]

Dr. James, I salut your pursuit for finding interesting material to deliver every single time, and you succeed btw!

[@Ktulu789]

Dude!! That was so interesting!! Even the helicopter fact that I didn't know! Thanks a bunch!

[@aaryangupta9612]

0:57 there is a limit man cause the drag and friction will catch up to the thrust at some speed

[@asepsolihin5199]

yes it can reach terminal velocity

[@rohanpawar1603]

U are my favorite KZbinr

[@bemizalabid3724]

Thank you Man... Thank you for teaching us about so many things... ❤

[@gabrielgallati3728]

Awesome content as always! And I like this t-shirt!

[@ichigonixsun]

Now try to put liquid nitrogen in the engine AND heat it at the same time. I want to see this thing spinning really fast, now!!

[@asepsolihin5199]

that'll create a bomb. what if you use super strong steel? supersonic engine maybe?

[@ichigonixsun]

@@asepsolihin5199 Maybe a thicker wall in the engine? This may increase the body's inertia though, so... I just want to see it spin extremely quickly

[@nithikasandinu9034]

4:30 can use use flame? infinite speed : )

[@mostafahassan40]

It will explode in sec1

[@cliffmathew]

Yes - really enjoyed this -as always. Thanks

[@virajkapani6159]

I am an ardent fan of your work and KZbin channel. I was hoping you could make a video super-cooling a Non-Newtonian Fluid (e.g oobleck). I have been wondering how it would affect its structural integrity and structural density. Hope you can answer that.

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Neck swing engine huh-

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I absolutely LOVE your channel. And I want one of those balloon propellers. What did you get it from ? Thanks for the video 👍👍

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5:37 childhood comes again.

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Day 35 of asking Him to cover himself in Musou Black.

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damn thats a good idea. put it on a suit and ur a stealth god

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@@keshavthapliyal6437 or that cloth he got

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*NINJA POWER*

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Really cool video, thank you!

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This channel is extremely underrated. Can’t wait till you blow up.

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wut

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[@TheAechBomb]

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Hey guys! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!

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@@SnickersEatsCookies Thank you! :)

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My dads steam engine stinks🤺🤺 if yk yk

[@bhanukarni]

Great collection

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Love your content really interesting and entertaining.

[@nitish_g]

I kept wondering about the RPM when the engine exploded :(

[@Blackhol127]

Well should check out ancient Indian scientists so called saints invention

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

You read my mind. I was literally thinking about this and you uploaded.

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Beautiful experiment

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first

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Congrats

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K

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5th u are

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No one cares

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@@srijanumesh5355 he was first

[@DANGJOS]

That's really cool! So it's basically like having rockets at the tips, which also can go as fast as they want, in theory. Well, as long as there's still fuel.

[@Tarassin]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen! :O

[@tommycabanaw4875]

The evacuation vacuum spin was my favorite!

[@willytrumpold3179]

Awesome job, Thanks Brother. 😊

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Best video i have seen in a long time!

[@Grenadeo617]

This is actually really cool considering how simple it is

[@inderkhalsa2848]

Thanks Action Lab 👍

[@greggydeth]

That was So STINKING FUN to watch!!!

[@Alexus00712]

Could you make a self stabilizing copter thing where you have this mechanic for the outer blades and a push/pull fan system relocating the air around the craft to the spinning blades? (or, would it be possible to create something like that in practice that could at least somewhat function or stay in the air at the for a little while?)

[@mrblexit7152]

I swear he asks all the right questions for a stoned person to ponder on. Perfect

[@disdis6127]

This channel is a lot better than those who show dumb experiments and are not even experiments

[@rickylovenuts7466]

Another fun Little experiment.cool!

[@agerven]

Very nice video, especially about the helicopter rotors.

[@TheCobyRandal]

Scary cool how well that worked! Now how about a makeshift radiometer in that vacuum chamber with muso black on one side, brightest glow on the other, and powered by your super flash light?

[@bettyswallocks6411]

I have done something similar with a steam engine (really a vapour engine) in a vacuum. It really helps if you heat up the machinery and water before putting in the vacuum.

[@Jikkuryuu]

Coincidentally a good demonstration of how deadly steam power experiments were/are.

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Very good work

[@savourypotato]

I don’t worry about what’s inside, I live for it... Love the video 👍

[@disnecessaurorex4908]

Hell yes Action Lab, revv that nitro engine