This Car Runs On Steam Power
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Described as a steam kettle, this steam-powered car is aiming for a record and not really a means of addressing alternative means of power for the modern commuter. The three-ton vehicle, described as a giant kettle on top of a camping stove, has almost two miles of tubes inside its carbon-fiber-composite/aluminum frame. The team is expecting the 25-foot-long car to reach 200 mph during its record attempt at Bonneville Speed Week in September.
There are 12 boilers inside the car, which from the front resembles the love child of a Fifties UFO and a Roomba. These boilers heat up the 37 gallons of distilled water needed to push the vehicle to its top speed. Onboard tanks containing Liquid Petroleum Gas fire up the burners that heat the boilers, producing three megawatts of heat. That’s enough power to make 9,000 cups of tea.
(Source) Daily Mail
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