Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 659
t appear at first thought to be a great lossof kinetic energy, but, as has been previously stated, thestatic energy in the steam as it enters the nozzles is con- 646 Steam Engineering verted into kinetic energy by its passage through the diver-gent nozzles, and the result is a greatly increased… … Fig. 275 Efficiency tests of the De Laval turbine show a high econ-omy in steam consumption, as for instance, a test made, byMessrs. Dean and Main of Boston, Mass., on a 300 H. P.turbine, using saturated steam at about 200 lbs. pressureper sq. in. and developing 333 Brake H. P., showed a…
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