Oil Traps

[Fred Nightingale 1Participant @frednightingale1]

My first attempt at making a model marine steam engine is seen in the attached photo, However when people have seen the engine, they ask where is the oil trap?  I think when the original plans were drawn, polution was not seen as a problem. Does anyone know where I can get plans or is it so simple I should be able to design my own

[Fred Nightingale 1Participant @frednightingale1]

Plans or Design for Oil Traps

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Looks  great Fred, sorry I don’t have any oil trap info just wanted to send my compliments.

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

Basically Fred, an oil trap is a can with an inlet and an outlet. The exhaust steam and crud goes in and the oil drops out allowing “Clean” steam to exit and up a chimney. Make sure the inlet from the engine points downwards so you don’t get a “Blow through” effect. When he designed it, I don’t think Basil?? thought about “The Enviroment”, he was just trying to get people re-interested in steam propulsion.

 

  Regards  Ian.

[Fred Nightingale 1Participant @frednightingale1]

Thanks for both your comments

 

Currently my exhaust is fed into one of the boiler cross pipes and I thought the steam would go via the smoke box and out of the funnel. But I don’t seem to get any steam that I can see from the funnel

 

Regards Fred

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