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The mechanical engineering of power plants (1897)

Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 391

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cepting-valve does this automatically. 192. Expansion of Steam-pipe. Expansion-joints andHanging.—The steam-pipe is connected cold or at the tem-perature oi the atmosphere. In service it is heated to thetemperature of the high-pressure steam passing through it,probably in excess of 300^ Fahr. The… … Fig. 300. will be a considerable quantity. Different methods may beused to provide for this expansion. The first is to arrangethe pipe so that wherever there is a change of direction thereis also a change of plane. This is particularly convenient incomparatively short lengths, and the change of…

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