Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 196
er second (q) is somewhat different at different speeds(at full gate), the speed of maximum power differs slightly from thatof maximum efficiency. 129. In the five part-gate experiments, Nos. 16 to 20, thegate remains fixed mi a definite position (about one-quarter raised,although the discharge is… … 0.2 Fia Oft- 0.6 o.e /.O /.2 /.4 /.6 . Curves Showing Results of Test of Tremont Turbine. zero; but q = 60.3 cubic feet per second. As the turbine is permittedto revolve under progressively diminishing friction, the speed of steadymotion becomes greater, reaching its maximum (1.25 revolutions…
