Our Second day of experimentation we went up to 210 PSI (14.5 Bar), even with some joints leaking. Without leaky pipes we hope to achieve such pressure in less than 2 hours. But still, not bad for a prototype.

There is not such great quantity of steam, as our boiler is fairly small, but the principle is proven. This result of 210 PSI shows us that 4 or 5 units will be able to sustain 150 PSI continuous, for a small steam engine or other heat applications. We can also use thermic oil to bring the heat to an oven, dryer, etc.

Our sensor also measured 472 C at the focal point. The sensor is touching the bottom of the boiler so we don’t know how much of the reading represents the boiler and how much the focal. At 210 PSI, our steam is at 200 C, so the bottom of the boiler can not be much greater than that (otherwise energy goes into the steam). So about 400 C for the boiler makes sense. However, there is also some doubt of whether the sensor is working properly to begin with.