The Steamboating Forum

massmanute wrote:... smelly long-chain hydrocarbon engines?

Thanks.

That's kind of fund and funny how the system did a word substitution for that hydrocarbon fuel that resembles jet fuel.

First post here by this newbie. I realize that the reason for building steam boats is for fun, not necessarily for fuel economy. Nevetheless, I can't help wondering about steam engine efficiency, particularly the level of technology of interest here. Is the thermodynamic efficiency much worse than g...