Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 283
am enginestransform only about 16 per cent, of the heat of combustion into usefulwork, while the ordinary high-pressure steam engine in e^ery-day useutilizes not more than 5 per cent, of the energy latent in the fuel. The best steam turbines equal in efficiency the most economicalforms of… … Fig. 299. Fio. 300. EFFICIENCY OF HEAT ENGINES 273 PROBLEMS 1. The average pressure on the piston of a steam engine is 60 lbs. persq. inch. If tlie area of tlie piston is 50 tn[. in. and the length of thestroke 10 in., find (a) the work done in one strok-e by the piston ; (6)how much heat, measured…
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