Kitson-Still
An attempt to combine steam and Diesel propulsion in a railway locomotive based on the concept of William Joseph Still
1927 Edwin Kitson Clark described a proposed Kitson-Still locomotive[1]. He explained that most marine Diesel engines had two motive power systems - oil for running and a compressed air system for starting and manoeuvring; in the Still engine, a steam system was substituted for the air system. The engine was double-acting, with internal combustion at one end of the cylinder and steam at the other end through which the piston rod worked. The combustion cycle was a 2-stroke cycle; much lower compression pressure was required because of the hot engine jacket and cylinder walls. The steam was supplied by a boiler. Application was foreseen in stationary systems as well as ships and locomotives.
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- ↑ The Engineer 1927