Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 186
der by lagging steam-pipes, cylinders, and valve-chests, by fixing separators, and drain-cocks from valve-chests, byreduction as far as possible of the proportion of clearance surface,and by polished internal surfaces of cylinder-cover and pistons, then,unless the speed of rotation is high, the… … 1. If the cylinder walls are as hot as the entering steam, then thesteam is dry at cut-off. The heat required to maintain the steamdry throughout expansion =area dkfd (Fig. 184), where Itfis the dry or saturated steamcuive, or curve of constantsteam weight. This shows thatwithout a jacket, in the…
Steam-engines
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