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 74
he piston-stroke the air (Fig. 58) in thevacuum-chamber tends (Fig. 61) to expand. Therefore, if the current ofwater in the suction-pipe is insufficient to completely fill the space behindthe piston, a portion of the water standing above the plane, X Y, of thesuction-inlet is forced into the… … Fig. 61.—Showing Height Of Water In Vacuum-Chamber During Progress Of Piston Stroke. the momentum of the moving column in the suction-pipe is expended incompressing (Fig. 58) the air in the vacuum chamber. Thus the shockthat might otherwise attend abrupt stoppage of the flow is avoided. 66.…
Steam power plants · Pumping machinery
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