Steam turbine engines : their construction, care and operation (1910)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago : Frederick J. Drake · leaf 19
oling maybe an effective means, but creates considerable loss by con-densation in the surrounding steam spaces. The majority of desi.srners get around this difficulty byavoiding contact between packing and shaft, and securetightness only by the least possible clearance. This is theprinciple of the… … y X y A Fig. 231»lararv nth stikfing box on botli parts form alternately n narrow space \, and alarge space y. The velocity of the steam flowing? throughthis narrow space is destroyed l)y eddy-cuirents in the
Steam-engines -- Design and construction · Steam-turbines -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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