Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 128
e space is filled with steamat admission pressure. The temperature of the steam in theclearance space is increased not only by compression but also byabsorbing heat from the head jackets. The result is that thetemperature of the steam in the clearance space may be raisedeven higher than that of the… … Fig. 71. By referring to Fig. 71 it will be seen that each end of thecylinder is provided with a large relief valve D opening into apocket B in the cylinder head. This valve serves two purposes:First, it is a relief valve of large size which will relieve the engineof any entrained water; second,…
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