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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 153

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s the regulating valve, Vi, tothrottle the steam flow so as to maintain the 150 lbs. pressure practically 140 THE LOCOMOTIVE January, constant. Consequently, less steam is delivered through Vi to the ac-cumulator line, the pressure in which, therefore, begins to drop. There-upon, the check valve in… … Figure 3 This set of curves shows the performance of an accumulator installation which isworking in accordance with the arrangement shown in Fig. 1. The steam quantitiesshaded from lower left to right are supplied by the boiler, which is operated at constantrating, in excess of the demand, and the…

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