Steam Machine by Rick Groleau Steam engines, believe it or not, have been around for over 300 years. ... The USS Monitor, launched in 1862, was powered by a high-pressure steam engine.

This combination of hot water and steam is pumped into the pressure chamber, above the screen. This is then compressed to somewhere from 8 to 10 times that of normal atmospheric pressure, at a ...

In the last three decades, our understanding of high-pressure water/ steam chemistry has greatly advanced through direct experience and from excellent research and funding by organizations such as ...