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Regulator is a control device found in steam engines . It serves a similar function to throttle in other powertrain types . Regulator sets the flow of steam from the boiler to the steam chest. Steam chest is an intermediary reservoir from where it can be admitted, using cutoff , to the vehicle's cylinders and propel the vehicle.

The regulator does not directly control a vehicle's acceleration. Rather, steam chest in combination with does, which is why it has a dedicated gauge to read pressure from. When the regulator is closed, steam stops flowing to the chest, but the vehicle may still accelerate until the chest runs out.

Delay in regulator operation doesn't need to exist only when closing it. If a vehicle uses an early version of superheaters, time it takes from opening the regulator until the steam chest start charging is delayed, too.

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-Based on the technology used, some vehicles may have early versions of superheaters that result in delay in response from the regulator control device operation to the steam chest charging. Similarly, closing the regulator does not immediately stop the vehicle's acceleration, but rather it stops steam from being admitted to the steam chest. The vehicle will still accelerate until the steam chest has run out.
+The regulator does not directly control a vehicle's acceleration. Rather, steam chest in combination with does, which is why it has a dedicated gauge to read pressure from. When the regulator is closed, steam stops flowing to the chest, but the vehicle may still accelerate until the chest runs out.
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+Delay in regulator operation doesn't need to exist only when closing it. If a vehicle uses an early version of superheaters, time it takes from opening the regulator until the steam chest start charging is delayed, too.
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