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Hello all! I've been interested in steam engines since I was little kid, though I seem to be attracted to them for useful purposes like generating power or pumping water, powering vehicles, etc. I'm currently studying mechanical engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, so my studies...

Is it possible to calculate the steam demand of an engine? I would guess that it would involve cylinder displacement and RPM I want to run it at x(number of cylinders), as well as pressure, but that's when I get fuzzy. I'm very new at this, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that if...