Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 479
L ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. surface of the shell exposed to overheating, because exposedto flame or hot gas on one side and without cooling wateron the other. This feature will be found common to allexternally-fired shell boilers. Furthermore, it is not advisableto fill the boiler with water… … Fig. 361. escape into the space above the water. It is called the disengagement-area for steam, and it is important that itshould be large. If too much steam must escape from toosmall an area, the rising steam-gas keeps the surface of thewater bubbling and frothing. The steam lifts the top layersof…
Mechanical engineering · Steam power plants
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