Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 106
its stroke. The exhaust valve remains open dur-ing the greater part of the return stroke, and the piston pushesthe low pressure steam from the cyhnder, giving the exhaust Hne INDICATORS 91 on the diagram. As the ports and exhaust passages offer a cer-tain amount of resistance to the flow of the… … Fig. 59. Near the end of the exhaust stroke the exhaust valve closes,giving the ^point of compression or exhaust closure. Afterthe exhaust valve is closed the steam remaining in the cylinderis compressed until the admission valve opens, thus completingthe cycle of events for this end of the…
Steam-engines
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