@@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ locomotive can be thought of in terms of the following broadly defined
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components:
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- Boiler and Fire (Heat conversion)
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+ - Fuel Type
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- Cylinder (Work done)
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Boiler and Fire (Heat conversion)
@@ -1246,7 +1247,7 @@ the Boiler Evaporation Area.
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contact with the boiler and the heat tubes running through the boiler.
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This area determined the amount of heat that could be transferred to
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the water in the boiler. As a rule of thumb a boiler could produce
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- approximately 12-15 lbs/h of steam per ft\ :sup: `2` of evaporation area.
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+ approximately 12-15 lbs/h of steam per ft\ :sup: `2` of evaporation area (coal fired) .
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- *Boiler Superheater Area * -- Typically modern steam locomotives are
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superheated, whereas older locomotives used only saturated steam.
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Superheating is the process of putting more heat into the steam
@@ -1255,6 +1256,52 @@ the Boiler Evaporation Area.
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in steam and fuel usage. In other words a superheated locomotive
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tended to be more efficient then a saturated locomotive.
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+ Fuel Type
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+ .........
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+ Different fuel types will produce different levels of heat. For example,
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+ Coal has a fuel calorific value of around 13,800 BTU/lb, whereas Wood may
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+ have values of between 3,000 and 7,000 BTU/lb (depending upon the condition
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+ of the wood fuel), and Oil (Diesel) may have a value up around 17,000 BTU/lb.
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+ Hence the variations in fuel calorific value can dramatically impact the
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+ amount of steam that it is able to produce and ultimately the performance of
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+ the steam locomotive.
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+ Hence Open Rails supports the use of different fuel types for steam locomotives,
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+ and these different fuel types can be configured with the following parameters.
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+ ``ORTSSteamLocomotiveFuelType `` - indicates the type of fuel used by the locomotive -
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+ currently Wood, Coal or Oil are available. Defaults to Coal.
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+ ``ORTSMaxTenderWoodMass `` - amount of wood mass in tender (in ENG file)
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+ ``ORTSTenderWagonWoodMass `` - amount of wood mass in tender (in tender WAG file - overwrites
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+ the above value - non mandatory).
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+ ``ORTSSteamLocomotiveFeedwaterSystemType `` - Older steam locomotives were fitted with
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+ motion pumps to transfer water from the tender into the boiler. Steam injectors were
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+ fitted to new locomotives from the 1860s. Currently MotionPump or Injector available.
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+ Defaults to Injector.
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+ *FuelWood * is used in any IntakePoint statements used, and route fuel points need to
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+ be set as wood type.
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+ ``ORTSFuelOilHeatingRequired `` - some locomotives required the oil in the tender to be
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+ steam heated, set to 1 (true) if this is the case. Defaults to false.
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+ ``ORTSFuelOilSpecificGravity `` - specific gravity of the oil used as fuel on the locomotive.
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+ ``ORTSMaxTenderFuelOilVolume `` - volume of oil carried in the tender, typically in gallons
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+ or litres. (in ENG file)
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+ ``ORTSTenderWagonFuelOilVolume `` - volume of oil carried in the tender, typically in gallons
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+ or litres. (in tender WAG file - overwrites the above value - non mandatory).
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+ *FuelDiesel * - is used in any IntakePoint statements, and route fuel points need to be set
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+ as diesel type.
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Cylinder (Work done)
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