The internal combustion engine; being a text book on gas, oil and petrol engines, for the use of students and engineers (1909)
Wimperis, Harry Egerton, 1876- · New York, Van Nostrand · leaf 154
lb./in.2 . 91-44 >J i.h.p. . 60-5 JJ b.h.p. . 49-7 Mechanical efficiency . 82-2 per cent. THE GAS ENGINE 133 Gas used per i.h.p.-hour . . 11*77 cu. ft. „ b.h.p.-hour . . 1443 Calorific value of gas (lower value) 578 B.T.U. per cu. ft. Thermal efficiency on i.h.p.„ b.h.p.Water used in cylinder „… … Fig. 38.—Fielding Gas Engine. 290 B.H.P. Two-cylinder-side-by-sidetype. Note the lubricating arrangements. The ratio of air to gas was 10-2 and the compression ratio8 7 (obtained by dividing the clearance volume of 0 243cu. ft. into the cylinder volume of 1-872 cu. ft.). Now a compression ratio of…
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