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 549
bout 35 per cent, of the heat availablein the gaseous fuel is converted into work done on the piston ; about25 per cent, passes into the jacket water, and the remaining 40 percent, is carried off by the exhaust gases. This efficiency of 35 per cent,is roughly three times the efficiency of a good… … Fig. 479.—Section of the cylinder of a Hornsby-Akroycl oil engine. engines Oil engines.—A large number of internal combustionusing oil fuel operate by converting the oil into vapour and mixingthe vapour with air so as to form an explosive charge. The mixtureis then used in the cylinder in the same…
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