The steam engine and turbine; a text-book for engineering colleges (1911)
Heck, Robert Culbertson Hays, 1870- · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 41
pansion or single-stage type is the De Lavalturbine, of which the essential form has been outlined in Fig. 16, whileFig. 18 shows the section of a complete machine. The nozzles drawfrom the steam chamber B, receiving steam of which the workingpressure has been fixed by a throttling governor. With… … Fig. 18. — Section of a 30-horse-power De Laval Turbine, with wheel about 8 in.in diameter at 20,000 r.p.m.; vane velocity about 700 ft. per sec. A. Turbine wheel. B. Steam chamber. C. Exhaust chamber. D. Wheel shaft. E, F. Speed-reducing gears, ratio about 10 to 1.G. Power shaft.H. Governor. this…
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