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D10V with upright boiler project thread
« on: April 27, 2025, 09:32:35 am »
I have begun another project, will have multiples going on.

I made a D10V plant a while back ago and didn’t like its design. I am redoing it using an upright boiler Charlie gave to me a year ago and finally found a use for it.

I used a piece of pine and stained it lightly then sealed it.


Same system with the oil trap. This boiler will have a BIX round burner with tank, which is being shipped. 

I’ve also ordered stainless steel sheet cut to length and I have a Stuart hand feed water pump with water cup which will go onto this boiler as well.

It will have fence posts around the perimeter and potentially a PMR dynamo and a lamp.

Shipments will come this week and will continually build to this and update you with photos as they come along.

This boiler has a working pressure of 165psi stamped on its side, however I won’t be running it past 60-80psi.

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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2025, 09:58:37 am »
It looks good now - looking forward to see the enhanced redone version. Just out of curiosity where do you get your railing/fence system parts? Thanks.
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2025, 11:05:35 am »
Quote from: jkbixby on April 27, 2025, 09:58:37 am
It looks good now - looking forward to see the enhanced redone version. Just out of curiosity where do you get your railing/fence system parts? Thanks.

Good ole’ PM research.

They have everything you need.
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2025, 07:48:16 am »
Slight update.

BIX burner, piping, and tank, set, before permanent mounting.

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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2025, 09:15:44 am »
Interesting boiler . Is it homemade ?
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2025, 03:44:28 pm »
Quote from: D E Jones on April 29, 2025, 09:15:44 am
Interesting boiler . Is it homemade ?

Someone made it, yes.   Charlie gave me it a year ago.

It has a working pressure of 165, but that’s not needed.

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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2025, 03:45:42 pm »
Updates:

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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2025, 09:43:07 am »
Water feed pump installation & sight glass:


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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2025, 06:56:00 pm »
99% completion… probably about 35+ hours on this.


Getting that water pump right was a son of a gun, but kinda looks cool!

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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2025, 09:57:49 pm »
Here’s a video of its total failure!

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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2025, 04:25:07 am »
Bonjour,

I don't know how to make steam without burning  ;D

Besides this, the Stuart D10V is a very large consumer of steam and, personally, all those that I use are associated with large diameter horizontal boilers coupled with 250-300 g/h torch type burners.
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2025, 07:00:23 am »
Quote from: Raphael on May 03, 2025, 04:25:07 am
Bonjour,

I don't know how to make steam without burning  ;D

Besides this, the Stuart D10V is a very large consumer of steam and, personally, all those that I use are associated with large diameter horizontal boilers coupled with 250-300 g/h torch type burners.

It does use a lot of steam, but a 504 boiler keeps up with it.  This is a larger boiler but does not. It just has poor surface area to heat the water.
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2025, 01:34:06 pm »
It was still producing enough power to run the generator at 10-20 psi, so not a failure in my opinion. Very nice plant!
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2025, 02:14:35 pm »
Just an off sort of a thought here Travis, but because this boiler has a straight single flue with no cross-pipes nor other interruptions that would slow the rising heat column, perhaps introducing some form of interrupter into the flue would allow for more heat transfer to the water. You cannot, of course, have actual blockage, but anything that would slow the exit of the rising heat might be of some assistance.

Things that come to mind include running a few loops/coils of superheater piping down the flue in such a manner as to produce a vortex as the heat is rising, thus increasing the dwell time of the rising heat within the flue. Perhaps annealing and then wrapping that piping around a properly sized old brace and bitt type auger drill and inserting the entire assembly into the flue such that you'd be inducing a restricted, swirling flow up the flue and adding more heating surface with the superheater piping too.
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Re: D10V with upright boiler project thread
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2025, 03:37:14 pm »
Bonjour,

I would differentiate between steam generation and superheating.

In my opinion, if the initial heating surface is insufficient, what would superheating do other than dry out the steam, which would certainly give it some energy, which would then be quickly lost through all the uninsulated external pipes?

That said, I would be curious to see the effect of superheating on steam produced at around 40 PSI.

And still on a personal level, I appreciate wet steam for its lubricating qualities, which can compensate for insufficient machine oil.

Finally, like Timvrip, I find this steam system very nice and efficient. I have a soft spot for the D10V, and as the saying goes, "the best is the enemy of the good"  ;)
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