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 725
clear-ances are made as small as possible. 505. To what extent does the steam turbine expand itsworking steam? Ans. To within one inch of the vacuum existing withinthe condenser. 506. Is the steam turbine adapted to the use of super-heated steam? Ans. It is. Highly superheated steam may be used,… … The Gas Engine The gas engine differs structurally from the steam engine in two particulars, it is much more ponderous than a steam engine of equal output and has usually a much heavier crank-shaft. The difference in total weight must not be laid to the higher mean pressures exerted in the…
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