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Steam-engine theory and practice (1922)

Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 169

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mparatively non-conducting medium passing away duringexhaust, hence the smallness of the heat-exchange between thesteam and the cylinder-walls under such conditions. Superheating thus removes the principal source of loss of heatby the walls, namely, water in the cylinder at release, and reducesalso… … Fifi. 166.—Wet steam tliroughoutexpansion. Fir,. 167.—Superheated steamthroughout expansion. is possible to show by areas the effect of superheat in reducing theextent of the heat-exchange between the steam and the cylinder-walls in any actual case. The method consists in finding the heat missing…

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