Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1907)
Peabody, Cecil H. (Cecil Hobart), 1855-1934 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 27
never occur in the cylinder of a steam-engineon account of the rapidity with which steam is condensed on orvaporized from the cast-iron walls of the cylinder. Since there is no transmission of heat to (or from) the workingsubstance, equation (19) becomes pdv) .... (22) E,-E,=£jpdv (23) that is, the… … Fig. 6. Relation of Adiabatic and Isothermal Lines. ^- An important property of adiabatic lines can be shown to advantage at this place, namely, that such a lineis steeper than an isothermalline on the {p, v) plane wherethey cross, as represented inFig. 6. The essential feature ofadiabatic…
Thermodynamics · Steam-engines · Heat-engines
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