What I like about these videos is that they embody the “clear and vivid” form of science communication described by Alan Alda. Few added frills, just let the thing be cool by its own merit and clearly explain the thing you’re passionate about.
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I am aiming for ... and I have a lot of respect for the Alan Alda Science Communication Center and their approach.
@micahphilson Жыл бұрын
@@engineerguyvideo You're very good at it too! Your videos are easily half to one tenth the length of some other science and engineering channels, yet you explain more things and far more clearly than many of them, and still include a great deal of the "wow" factor about your subjects.
@aldomaresca9994 Жыл бұрын
@pyropulse dude, you are being too harsh. Understand that you may have the privilege to see things that go over other peoples heads. Consider yourself lucky, why do you put people down like that?
@makego Жыл бұрын
@pyropulse Human factors engineer here. I'm glad you find Bill's approach to explaining things so resonant with how you think and understand; so do I. But I also appreciate that there are other presenters who link concepts, interests and experiences together that are very foreign to me. Knowing about these is how we design things that are more tailored for specific groups or more widely accessible to a broader audience. Back when I was in engineering school in the 80s, Unix, PCs and the command line were dominant and the Mac was new. Some fellow students said pretty much the same words you used, that it was "built for morons" and "full of frills." But it opened up computers to a much broader audience and its legacy is seen throughout many interfaces today. If it lights someone else up and makes them happier and more enthusiastic and productive, the better for all of us.
@brianmiller1077 Жыл бұрын
@pyropulse I've been working at a University for over 25 years and some of the professors do 'suck' They keep using the same techniques they learned from because that's good enough.
@SanteQuebec Жыл бұрын
The chosen one has returned.
@Whiteyy191 Жыл бұрын
Cringe
@joshuadougherty8077 Жыл бұрын
@@Whiteyy191 talking from experience?
@adamjosephbliss Жыл бұрын
Welcome back
@Jim-ie6uf Жыл бұрын
Man, it’s been years!
@zilog1 Жыл бұрын
@@Whiteyy191Cringe²
@sagewaterdragon Жыл бұрын
Your video about the design of aluminum cans is what inspired in me the love for engineering that eventually turned into a career - thank you! This new series of videos perfectly captures so many ideas that I've never seen described directly, and it's filled with interesting examples. I'm so glad that you're still making these videos.
@nomad8723 Жыл бұрын
These videos should be shown to all students, and the book read by all 1st semester engineering students, I certainly would have known more of what I was getting myself into. I hope you continue this channel after the promotional videos for your book, your work is concise, well researched understandable by laymen and trained alike, a true feat of engineering.
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
I do plan to continue. This week I am cleaning up the studio from the "debris" from this series -- all those things in the videos -- and backing up the video. Backingup up takes (astonishingly to me) about a week: it all goes onto LTO5 tape and its 4K video .. and then back into the studio to create some more videos.
@Dmenjivar222 ай бұрын
What’s the book?
@BillDavies-ej6ye Жыл бұрын
4:55: It seems to me that the plastic model turbine is shown back to front. The curved blades should increase in angle as the steam passes through the disc, and so on for the following discs. Think of each blade as an aerofoil. Apart from that, thank you, from one Bill to another, for your video.
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
I hate this kind of errors … sorry for this …
@joebottini1743 Жыл бұрын
Ok, I wasn't the only one to notice. At 5:55, the flow rate would induce a rotation in the direction opposite than that shown. The diagram at 7:00 is correct. As someone who has used the NIST steam tables extensively, I had no knowledge of the history of their role in the success of the first steam turbine. Thank you for this video and the many others like it. I-L-L
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
Indeed I flipped the turbine
@olejrgenbrnner4708 Жыл бұрын
@@joebottini1743 Are you sure the 7:00 is correct? In a similar comment someone posted this diagram: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-5C9XoY0Wz4w/XAJEG72iqLI/AAAAAAAABgY/35JzUdIzUTYnjWzzXvC2A2qITmfdmrn_ACLcBGAs/s1600/reaction%2Bturbine%2Bpressure%2Bvelocity%2Bdiagram.png which makes much more intuitive sense to me.
@Tomyb15 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why the blades seemed to curve in the other direction
@integza Жыл бұрын
This video is a gift to society! I’m so excited watching this !!!
@DmytroSichkarOnline7 ай бұрын
Amazing video! It's sad that Tesla turbine is not mentioned here!
@jesusnthedaisychain Жыл бұрын
Steam turbines are my bread and butter. The coolest thing is that they are so well-balanced, you can spin a 330,000# LP rotor by hand, once you put oil to it in the bearing. They're great.
@mikefochtman7164 Жыл бұрын
At a GE 'large apparatus' shop near Boston, I got to see a commercial plant rotor suspended up on roller bearings while they balanced it. They only spin it a few RPM, but watching those six foot blades whiz by, even at that slow speed, was a bit scary.
@Ozzy-R Жыл бұрын
I’ve been working in thermal power plants for over 30 years. The well balance statement is even more fascinating by the fact that these turbines, as big as they are, vibrate so little. Most bearings will vibrate about .5 to 2 mils. Considering a mil is 1 thousands of an inch, or .0254 mm.
@manxman8008 Жыл бұрын
hmm many turbs use air bearings
@ciarandevaney385 Жыл бұрын
@@manxman8008he does have a point.
@singleproppilot Жыл бұрын
I work on gas turbine powerplants used in airplanes. They’re exactly the same in principle in action, just using a different fluid.
@StaK_1980 Жыл бұрын
Every once in a while, the universe smiles on us and the Engineering Guy delivers a new video. 😊 Well done, we missed you!
@hhjones9393 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering how Parsons determined how to size the rotors. When you revealed the diligent work of Regnault my jaw dropped! What an amazing resource for an engineer. Thank you for this informative series and book.
@GraemeSPa Жыл бұрын
In 1971 at age 16 I went to Marine Engineer College in South Shields, England to learn how ships worked. We learned about reciprocating engine, took many examples apart (taken from scrapped ships) and learned how to put them back together and set up the slide valves. That was fun - but it was only when we started on turbine theory did a light bulb go on for me. I grasped the impulse-reaction principle straight away and was hooked on turbines. As a senior engineer I worked on VLCC tankers with steam turbine plants and high pressure boilers - they had excellent precision control but were very fuel hungry. At 26,000 SHP at full speed, I needed to put 240 tonnes of heavy fuel into the boilers every day. Turbines gave way to diesels - no way near as neat or as controllable , but they only burned 90 tonnes of fuel a day for about the same output power - a no brainer if you are paying the costs. I am glad that I had my time standing between the turbines as they spooled up to full sea speed. This was an experience that all engineers should have at least once. Now you only see turbines in nuclear or power plants , the steam turbine has largely vanished from the Marine world. If you ever get the chance to visit Newcastle on Tyne in UK, there is an excellent museum dedicated to Turbinia, the development of reaction turbines and the life and work of one of Britain's greatest engineers - Charlie Parsons.
@unfixedcarp803911 ай бұрын
Don't forget about jet turbines! I'm sure I don't need to mention that to you, but I did find it interesting how similar steam turbines and jet engines are. Especially since they also include the stationary sets of blades.
@nisbahmumtaz909 Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a wee lad in middle school when I first saw your video on the genius behind aluminum can designs. Never thought I'd imagine someday I would eventually join the giants, but here I am finally a professional engineer, 3 years in the industry. Some flames just needed a bit of spark. And that middle schooled spark was all thanks to you, engineerguy.
@douglasburnside Жыл бұрын
I think that was the first of his videos I had come across, probably about six years ago. I immediately binge-watched all his other videos, and am busy binge-watching his four new ones now. The aluminum can video remains my favorite.
@mikeall7012 Жыл бұрын
I have made a post Army career being a steam turbine generator engineer for a large generation company. I travel to many many site to do detailed inspections. I'm constantly blown away by the vast amount of refinement over the past 150 years that got us to the modern rotor design. The new stuff ia great but my favorite plants are the ones built in the 60s and 70s. They are examples of what slide rule design can do. The mechanical hydraulic controls are far and away my favorite.
@doxielain2231 Жыл бұрын
The anecdote you closed your book with, you and your father watching the activity of a factory one more time, made me tear up a bit. What a wonderful and bittersweet moment.
@danscantland8066 Жыл бұрын
As someone working on a graduate degree in Thermal Fluid systems, I had never heard of Parsons. Thanks for telling his story
@SeriousPigi Жыл бұрын
The sad truth is that most positions at universities give very little time to prepare for lectures, both regarding the topic itself and the teaching method, as the priority is paper-focused research, grant applications and consulting.
@randolphlee4586 Жыл бұрын
😮My advanced degrees in engineering physics were earned more than half a century ago, and those that have commended this series of videos are correct in saying that they are excellent introductions to the topics covered. And Dan, you are to be commended for your honesty in revealing the shocking lapse in the presentation to you, of one of the foundations of the practical applications of advanced thermodynamics at the turn of the last century. It points up the importance of a firm grounding in history, science and engineering for all students of those topics. KZfaq presenters of these topics are providing a valuable resource that is even more important considering the absence of such studies in today's science and engineering institutions.
@asoteunh345 Жыл бұрын
@pyropulse7932 we get it lol, you're so smart
@gyrogearloose1345 Жыл бұрын
Dan Scantland. Another example of the dismal wreckage of the 'education' business in the USA and most of the western countries.
@howardsimpson489 Жыл бұрын
And when the trained engineer advances thru his/her career, compliance, staff management, fund gathering and report writing become priorities. Hard to find hands-on senior engineering today.
@Kombivar Жыл бұрын
This series is a true masterpiece, awesome job!
@deathwingelitegantz5264 Жыл бұрын
Keep them coming Bill, love your work and welcome back.
@kylesty6728 Жыл бұрын
As someone fascinated by philosophy of science your lucid analysis of the engineering method vs the scientific method was absolutely delightful. Thank you for your work!
@joeschmoe6387 Жыл бұрын
Bill's channel was the first channel i subscribed too. KZfaq gold.
@sincerelyyours7538 Жыл бұрын
Mine too. No other channel can compare to the quality of his erudite exposition.
@MrBanzoid Жыл бұрын
Charles Prson's original Turbinia is on display at the Museum of Science and Technology in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, as are examples of his turbine engines. Also, at the CA Parsons Heaton works, just outside Newcastle, you could occasionally see large turbine rotors being placed inside a huge steel tank where they were spun up for testing and balancing.
@gordonwood1594 Жыл бұрын
I have taken my grandchildren to the Discovery Museum Newcastle many times to see the Turbinia. The thing that always strikes mel is the fact that the turbine drove the propeller so fast that the water ate its way through the bronze it was made from. Parsons had to redesign the propeller to something very similar to those we use to this day. Engineers just keep engineering!
@andym467 Жыл бұрын
Love to see you making content again!
@carltrotter7622 Жыл бұрын
Earlier today, I visited the "Glasgow Transport Museum" which houses the original exposed turbine from the World's first Commercial Steam Turbine Ship - The TS King Edward - The predecessor to many of the magnificent turbine liners of the 20th century such as the RMS Queen Mary or SS United States, and I was thinking to myself: I only wish I knew EXACTLY how this thing works. Well thank you for saving the day! A magnificent and simply yet thorough explanation.
@tennislite3 ай бұрын
It is amazing how modern turbines are basically the same design as Parson's. Great video.
@notenoughmonkeys Жыл бұрын
The quality doesn't disappoint. Always enjoy showing how Engineering is often the fusion of existing technologies / ideas as opposed to the creation of the new, where the fusion ends up being greater than the sum of its parts. Glad to have your content back in my feed again!
@SlapShotRegatta22 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Hammack, these videos are nothing short of phenomenal. Your clear and detailed, yet concise delivery is beyond comparison. Thank you so very much for these videos.
@lirdon1 Жыл бұрын
So glad to see Engineerguy return to making videos.
@liveepically Жыл бұрын
It is always an amazing day when we get a new video from the Engineer Guy! This should become mandatory viewing for ANYONE working with turbines.
@TerryE-UK Жыл бұрын
Nice to see more of your content. Welcome back to engineering content creation! I am now 70 and spent my life as a professional engineer, albeit in IT. However I went to school in Newcastle UK , and visited the Science Museum there a few times in my teen years and was fascinated by the Turbinia. There is now a dedicated exhibit hall for the ship. Parsons was one of two great Victorian Tyneside Engineers. The other was Armstrong who is now more famous for creating a UK Arms Industrustry based on heavy breech loading rifled naval guns, but he made his initial fortune developing hydraulic machinery for dockside loading and unloading.
@Digephil Жыл бұрын
Welcome back!!! So glad you're back in my feed.
@dwoodman26 Жыл бұрын
The Turbinia is in a museum near where I live (Discovery Museum, Newcastle, UK), I've been to see it a few times over the years and it still gives an aura of effortless speed; it's like seeing a thoroughtbred locked in a stable.
@conwaylai85622 ай бұрын
It's like a beautiful story, easy for even me to understand. Well done.
@UnfamiliarPlace Жыл бұрын
When he showed the volumes, and revealed that they represented 30 years of dedicated study... wow.
@aldenconsolver3428 Жыл бұрын
I can make a sound argument that those who most respect scientists are engineers and those who most respect engineers are scientists.
@ArtyomiАй бұрын
I have a degree in science and I technically work in science and I’ve always had the utmost respect for engineers. For every physical principle i’ve ever studied, there are engineers building incredibly complex machines or structures to put it into practice. I’m constantly in awe of the work of an engineer, they literally carry the modern world on their backs
@othervinny Жыл бұрын
I love how this channel goes years with no posts and then there's a post EVERY DAY for like a week! I'm on an engineering binge!
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
well ... its not intentional to be gone for a few years ... that's not the goal!
@KayleeKerin Жыл бұрын
@@engineerguyvideo Having kids will do that to you!
@mikefochtman7164 Жыл бұрын
Always fascinated by all the various 'heat engines'. The Navy ship I served on, we used turbines that had two-wheel Curtis stage, followed by several Rateau stages (what we called 'velocity and pressure compounded'). Those turbines were extremely rugged and needed very little maintenance. Great video.
@illitero Жыл бұрын
Thorough loss of joy and happiness has been a massive problem going into my 30's (37 now), so it means a lot when I say that I genuinely got a little excited to see a new upload here. 🙂
@jimtwisted19848 ай бұрын
It is too bad not as many people know about parsons as know about the Kardashians.
@blameyourself4489 Жыл бұрын
What??? In 6:05, the turbine rotates in the right direction alright, but the direction of the steam comes-in from the wrong side. You need a stator stage at the opposite end and the steam needs to enter from there. Your flow vectors don't add up for a turbine, but basically defines a compressor running in the false direction.
@YerMan78023 ай бұрын
Incredible video explained in such detail, yet simple enough for non engineering or scientific minds to comprehend. I never had this device explained so clearly and simply. I was lucky enough to grow up close to the Parsons home in Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland,, where the one of the original turbines is on display, in the tour of this magnificent castle & gardens.
@Innero Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I can watch your videos again, as interesting and clever as ever. They truly are a gem. Thank you very much.
@cncwoodworxroc6881 Жыл бұрын
HE'S BACK! WOO HOO!
@rogermac358 Жыл бұрын
This video contains the most understandable depiction of the working parts of both a piston steam engine and a steam turbine that I have ever seen. Well done, Bill, and it's great to have you posting new videos!
@olddreams6334 Жыл бұрын
You're back! I missed your videos and am so happy to see you returning to teach on KZfaq more. Thank you for all the effort you put in to these videos, they are always enlightening and soothing to listen to.
@Minty1337 Жыл бұрын
i've been loving your recent return, please keep this up
@Ozgrin_thewizard Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Having learned turbomachinery design in school, I was blown away by the way you made it so simple to understand. And it's also amazing to learn how Parsons managed to build such a complicated machine way back then. Thank you so much for this channel, Bill, and keep illuminating the world with wisdom!
@howardsimpson489 Жыл бұрын
As a builder of extreme low head hydro turbines, I wonder how many prototypes he constructed to learn what did not work well.
@jacobsoper4708 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video. Wonderful to have you back, Bill.
@barry76082 ай бұрын
Those cut aways were helpful for me and loved how you combined both rotation methods in the turbine, thanks very interesting.
@mankihonda983 Жыл бұрын
The stories regarding the absolute stupidity of the Royal Navy's top brass are worthy of a whole KZfaq series. They really got things wrong to a remarkable degree of reliability.
@dondouglass6415 Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video and beautifully explained process. I live near Newcastle upon Tyne. The Turbinia is held as an exhibit at the Newcastle Discovery museum. I have spent so many hours with my kids visiting this museum.. Now my youngest is 21 and an engineer himself, it builds a picture. To add to this, the museum also has exhibits of William George Armstrong's many achievements , whom, like Parsons was an industrial titan of the 19c. Sadly, Newcastle is not the industrial powerhouse it once was, but we are all very proud of our history. Let's not forget Joseph Swan.. another name among many and for any American readers, I will let you look up what he did.
@brianmiller1077 Жыл бұрын
Good to see Swan And Edison partnered up instead of trying to beat each other up in the courts or insane public events like killing elephants.
@blackbox-music7637 Жыл бұрын
Biggest W of 2023 is engineerguy's return ❤
@AnotherPointOfView944 Жыл бұрын
I know you took a break for whatever reason, but please carry on with your wonderful explanations. The world would be a poorer place without you.
@jer103 Жыл бұрын
I love how first the idea is crude and rudimentary. Then with future innovations, the technology gets smaller and much more efficient.
@RocketSlug Жыл бұрын
I've always wanted a crash course on how steam turbines worked but never got around to looking at the details. This is fantastic!
@johnmicheal3547 Жыл бұрын
Check out the airplane jet engine, it's very similar. Amazing.
@cthellis Жыл бұрын
I feel at home! Comfy engineering videos. Thank you for continuing with these.
@COSMICAMISSION3 күн бұрын
One of the best engineering videos I’ve ever seen. Thankyou so much!
@johnnyjohannessen22077 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant video.! Never fully understood the intricates of the turbine until now...
@adamcrozier3197 Жыл бұрын
Welcome back
@TurboHokie Жыл бұрын
Another great video! Saw your talk at UPenn last month and enjoyed that too. Keep up the great work!
@philippedefechereux8740 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding explanation. I finally understand the naval steam turbine revolution that was adopted widely in the early 20th century. And Winston Churchill saw the light early.
@lukasaudir8 Жыл бұрын
Thank for sharing your magnificent knowledge! I really missed those videos
@noeighteen1 Жыл бұрын
I love these videos, and it's killing me that the air flow is backwards in the turbine!
@nomad8723 Жыл бұрын
There is actually no air in the turbine, only steam, as air would result in a loss of efficiency, because of it is much less energy dense and has a much poorer heat transfer characteristics. Most turbine setups are multistage, so there are 2 or more turbines, with the exhaust of one connected to the inelt of the next. The last stages of the last turbine are actually at a pressure lower than atmosphere, and a well designed turbine setup will reach near vacuum by the final stage. This is because the condenser (what turns the steam back into water) immediately follows the low pressure turbine, and is kept at near vacuum to minimize the energy loss in condensing the steam. The fundimental principles of the turbine are much the same as wings in aeronautical engineering, and a jet engine is in essence a steam turbine, but with combustion happening inside, but as air is the working fluid, the efficiency of a Brayton cycle (gas turbine or jet) engine is very low (by itself). The benefit of gas turbines is their excellent power to weight (or volume) ratio and relative ease of operation, so that is why they are largely relegated to aircraft, warships and short term, high demand power generation (which uses the heat of the exhaust to boil water, which powers a turbogenerator, so the thermal efficiency of the entire system is actually quite good).
@c182SkylaneRG Жыл бұрын
@@nomad8723 Steam or air, the depicted flow is still reversed. Look at the fins on each stage: they're oriented for right-to-left flow, but the flow is depicted as left-to-right. I noticed this when he was spinning the model, too: he was spinning it backwards.
@ET_AYY_LMAO Жыл бұрын
@@nomad8723 Doesn't matter, the illustrations seems to show reverse airflow than what the turbine blades are designed for.
@christianweagle6253 Жыл бұрын
Air hits the convex sides in this sort of turbine. These things aren't just fans run backwards!
@MiG21aholic Жыл бұрын
@@christianweagle6253 Why would it not be the concave side like literally every other turbine?
@weevilsnitz Жыл бұрын
This is the first video that's been recommended to me (although being subscribed [but without receiving notifications]) since you started back up and I'm so excited you're back educating the world after your break!
@darkwinter6028 Жыл бұрын
And we still use them today: they can be found in every nuclear power plant (be that on land generating electricity for the grid or at sea powering submarines and aircraft carriers).
@Hephera Жыл бұрын
first
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
Welcome
@ArmyPig007 Жыл бұрын
I've been looking forward to this episode since you announced the new series, turbines are just so damn cool and we're the first thing that got me really interested in engineering. Stators are such a simple yet incredibly impactful addition, what every good engineering solution strives to be.
@terenceconroy-po7fnАй бұрын
i had the honour of serving my engineering apprentice years working at CA Parsons, Newcastle, working on the huge low pressure end of the turbines, setting the blades, it maybe worth noting that in another devision of the huge factory {Grub Parsons },was also built, huge optical telescopes, one being the Anglo/Ausralian telescope in Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere, in which i also had a small part in its construction, as an apprentice, I worked on building some of the bearing castings, ( I slyly cast my initials, TAC, inside some of the bearing casings, ( my only claim to fame ) ,, cheers
@voodoopig46015 ай бұрын
Clearest and best description of the principles of a turbine and the role of the stationary blades I have ever heard. Thank you!
@BALOYBEACHBUM Жыл бұрын
I steamed a Cruiser, 4 1200 psi Boulers at 975d F! and to hear the machinery speed up and slow down during speed chages is facinating!
@mohsinjaved1358 Жыл бұрын
Fanstastic! I wish I had such inspiring conceptual presentations during my engineering studies. Puts this field into a wholistic perspective.
@DelfinoGarza773 ай бұрын
Never underestimate the power of a demonstration.
@jay_no3 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that Bill is back. As a mechanical engineer, I love this channel!
@deweywsu Жыл бұрын
I am SO EXCITED to see Mr. Hammack back!!! So great to see your videos sir!
@peterectasy29578 ай бұрын
just wonderful. nice explanation of complex , complicated design of steam turbines
@tymekuzarczyk6021 Жыл бұрын
This is simply the greatest video that's ever created by human. It has great story, great narration, it's based on true story and you can learn something from it.
@RotchildFrancoisJr Жыл бұрын
Oh my god he’s back!??? Did a double take when I saw the vid pop up
@manoflego123 Жыл бұрын
I don't think I can quite express how beautiful it is to hear your voice and cadence describing feats of engineering again.
@seanmccauley1446 Жыл бұрын
The exactness and efficiency of these videos remind me of the "Architect" in the movie " The Matrix Reloaded". Misplace one word and there would be diminishment, well done.
@leonardoaraque1573 Жыл бұрын
My only regret watching these videos is that I binge them back to back and then have to wait half a decade for another new upload. Someone in some network please pick this man up for a show contract, we need an engineering Kurzgesagt
@Paldasan Жыл бұрын
Always a joy to see another Engineer Guy video.
@billmalcolm4291 Жыл бұрын
The engineering method - love it! I'm writing that down somewhere I'll remember. Welcome back!
@jaharireggae4296 Жыл бұрын
The very first video I watched of yours was of the black box (flight data recorder) and I have been watching more and more videos of yours ever since. I am so glad that you are posting more even though I can’t get enough of your old videos.
@DHyre Жыл бұрын
Your clear videos are definitely a boon to posterity, bringing to vivid life the way things work and almost more importantly how we got there. As a trained physicist become engineer on a steam project, I find your closing statement of the engineering method intriguing - my college’s engineering school appended “applied science” onto their name :) Clive Cussler wrote a novel about the steam-turbine ships and dreadnoughts, and included Turbinia; it’s in his Isaac Bell series I think it’s called “The Spy”
@maho913910 ай бұрын
Wow i am really engrossed by the way you present your videos! I wasn't really that interested in engineering before but the way you explain things in a concise manner really drew me in. Nice channel👍
@pierQRzt180 Жыл бұрын
I am a simple man, I see engineering guy and I like it. Awesome channel, no matter the activity.
@OldDirtGuy Жыл бұрын
Nice job Engineerguy. Retired power plant operator here. Lord knows I've had to explain this sort of thing over and over again. I really hope that those weren't Parson's actual books. I'd really hate to think that they would allow anyone to actually touch them for the sake of a KZfaq video. They are holy things. Let them abide. :)
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
They were Regnault’a original books!
@ColeslawProd Жыл бұрын
Bill is back, baby! Having these new videos is fantastic!
@Atanu Жыл бұрын
Mr Bill Hammack. Deep gratitude and admiration for your brilliant exposition. Warm personal regards. Atanu
@johnvallandigham54675 ай бұрын
What a great explanation of how a steam turbine works. Sure steam inpinges on a turbine blade everyone knows that, but a steam turbine in series is a whole new animal. Thanks for your video. I really enjoyed it. So interesting.
@elijahwerner6130 Жыл бұрын
This is the best explanation of a turbine I've seen yet, and the first time I've ever really understood it. Most of the time I've seen something like "blow on a fan with a straw and you've got a turbine" but I could tell there was more to it.
@trevzy Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to have new videos from you. I would listen to you narrate Terms of Service.
@frankbonsignore.RochesterNY Жыл бұрын
Pick a topic that is exceedingly tedious or boring or incredibly complex and Bill Hammack can wade through the subject and create a presentation that is perfectly clear and concise. Honestly if this fellow was one of my college instructors this 70 year old guy would still be in school!
@Albachiel Жыл бұрын
Good grief, this takes me back. The Parsons turbine "the one featured" I worked on during my apprenticeship in the 60's. The boilers were massive, 100' high, they ran on "Dross, crushed coal" I was intoxicated as a wee boy, to see how this machine could generate so much power, hmm, still do!
@samfixitguy1661 Жыл бұрын
I am so happy he's back. This is the only missing KZfaq person I have truly missed. The professor I wish I'd had in school. Welcome back!!
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
Thank you for such kind words!
@Rohan_Trishan9 ай бұрын
I love your explanation and graphic images, really clear and concise. Thanks.
@tomschmidt381 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you are posting KZfaq videos again. Several folks in my book club have read and thoroughly enjoyed your book "The things we make."
@engineerguyvideo Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this ... The publisher has asked I send them any correction necessary before the paperback edition ... so if they your colleagues saw an errors please forward them to me!
@Toastfreak Жыл бұрын
I wasn't expecting to see a new video of yours appear in my feed but I'm glad I did. Welcome back.
@joostvanwijk3842 Жыл бұрын
Glad to have you back online sir!
@trumanhw9 ай бұрын
I'd always wondered about the very things you finally described. I had no sense of the power steam had. I didn't understand why rotors sizes varied. A fascination which began when I was in 3rd grade. Thank you.
@AlextheguitarFreak Жыл бұрын
I'm shocked and delighted to see a new video on this channel!
@TheSpaw03 Жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you are well and making videos again!!😃