Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 129
the cylinder at any time between cut-off and releasemay be found from the indicator diagram and a knowledge of theweight of steam used by the engine. The method of doing thisis best shown by means of an actual example. Fig. 73 shows anindicator diagram from the head end of a 12 X 24 engine,with a… … Fig. 72. that the engine was using 2384.4 pounds of steam per hour. Thebarometer read 28.52 inches, equivalent to an atmosphericpressure of 14 lbs. per sq. in. The spring in the indicator wasNo. 100. By drawing on the diagram the dry steam lineSS, as expalined below, the percentage of water in the…
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