Steam power plant auxiliaries and accessories; (1922)
Croft, Terrell, 1880- ed, Dufflin, Daniel John, 1911- ed · New York, [etc] McGraw-Hill book company, Inc · leaf 298
Vacuum in a container into which the engine discharges itsexhaust steam. The method of creating the vacuum is to cool the ex-haust steam sufficiently so thatit will condense to water, whichoccupies very much less space.The effect of the partial vacuumthus created is to give the engine10 to 15 lb.… … 317. How A CondenserIncreases The WorkingPressure of a steam cyl-inder may be demonstratedthus:—Fig. 280 shows twoelementary steam cylinderssurrounded by air at nor-mal atmospheric pressure. This pressure is equal to about 14.7lb. per sq. in. at sea level. That is, any object exposed to theair at…
Steam power plants · Pumping machinery
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