Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 168
bottom valvecircle R and those to the left are measured on the top valve circleU. Admission and cut-off for the head end are therefore locatedby means of the bottom valve circle and release and compressionfor the head end by means of the top valve circle. Events forthe crank end of the cylinder are… … Fig. 91a. of the expansive force of the steam. With a late cut-off theterminal pressure, or pressure at the end of expansion will behigh. When the exhaust port is opened, this high pressureremaining in the steam is wasted through the exhaust pipe. When such an engine is operated under a fairly…
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