Bar Litre question

[Ompa OmpaParticipant @ompaompa11814]

In a passing comment from a fellow club member recently the question was raised ‘has anyone any idea on the total water capacity for a 6″ scale Burrel traction engine boiler’. This figure would be used of course in determining the ‘bar/litres’ for a hydraulic boiler test. Thanks.

[Ompa OmpaParticipant @ompaompa11814]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Ask in the model section of Traction Talk, there are several there who have or are making 6″ Burrels.

 

Would also help to know what engine and its working pressure as a Gold Medal tractor has a much smaller boiler than say an SRL.

 

J

[MichaelRParticipant @michaelr]

6″ Burrel quoted Here has a boiler capacity of 119 litres approx.

 

Stick.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Posted by Stick on 17/05/2011 19:35:38:

6″ Burrel quoted Here has a boiler capacity of 119 litres approx.

 

Stick.

That may be including the tender as it does not specifically say boiler.

 

J

[MichaelRParticipant @michaelr]

Jason, You may be right about that.

 

Stick.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

A rough calculation for a 6″ GMT would give a capacity of around 45lts and they run in the region of 14bar so thats 630bar. lts

 

I think its safe to say any 6″ Burrel would be over the 500 rule

 

J

[Ompa OmpaParticipant @ompaompa11814]

Mny thanks for all the replies, we were just interested so as to compare notes on how big we could go before hitting the 500 bar litre mark. I am happy to let this one die for now, thanks again.

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