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The steam-engine and other heat-motors (1909)

Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 553

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^o ^2 zv Ammonia Compression System.—Fig. 264 is a diagrammaticsketch illustrating the fundamental elements of an ammonia com-pression system. In a reservoir, R, is a supply of liquid andgaseous ammonia under a pressure of 150-200 pounds per squareinch. By opening a valve, a, capable of very fine… … Fig. 264. generally a needle-valve—the liquid ammonia is admitted intothe tubes, B, enclosed in brine. The pressure and temperaturein these tubes are quite low, some 30 pounds absolute and 0° F.,for instance, as they are on the suction side of the compressorcylinder. On the delivery stroke of the…

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