A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 462
eat from the air while still in the cylinder rather thanfrom the air after it has passed into the receiver. Diagram of work done in an air compressor.—A pressure-volumediagram for the air compressor is shown in Fig. 424. Starting withthe piston at the bottom of the stroke, the cylinder is full of… … Fig. 423. —Section of an air compressor. 438 HEAT CHAP. valves F and G (Fig. 423) are closed during the compression. Whenthe pressure reaches the receiver pressure, p2, the discharge valveG opens, and delivery into the receiver occurs at constant pressurep2 ; this is shown in Fig. 424 by the…
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