Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 431
f theturbine increases as the steampressure in the turbine - case de-creases due to the reduced loss bylluid friction between the rotatingwheel and the surrounding steamat the lower pressure, which is anadditional reason for working theturbine condensing. The Curtis Turbine. This turbine is of the… … Fig. 448.—Section of the CurtisTumuNE. the wheel by passing the steam THE STEAM TURBINE. 409 succession, while obtaining a high thermal efficiency by delivering thesteam to exhaust at a low terminal velocity. This design of turbine differs from other designs in having a verticalspindle with turbine…
Steam-engines
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