Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 22
rther. In a triple expan- PRINCIPLES OF THE STEAM ENGINE 7 sion engine the total expansion of the steam is divided into threeparts, each being performed in a separate cyUnder, while in aquadruple expansion engine the total expansion of the steam isdivided into four parts, each being performed in a… … FiG. 3. sion of the steam into parts and also the construction of multipleexpansion engines will be taken up in a later chapter. A condensing engine is one in which the exhaust steam ischanged into water. Since the water thus formed occupiesless space than the exhaust steam the back pressure…
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