Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 625
ser. Ifthe turbine is a four-stage machine and the initial pressureis 180 lbs., the pressure at the different stages would be dis-tributed in about the following manner: Initial pressure,180 lbs.; first stage, 50 lbs.; second stage, 5 lbs.; third 611 612 Steam Engineering stage, partial vacuum, and… … FiG. 254 5,000 K. W. CURTIS STEAM TURBINE DIRECT CONNECTED TO 5.000 K. W,THREE-PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT GENERATOR tion of the inlet steam pipe is shown, ending in one nozzlegroup at the side. There are three groups of initial noz-zles, two of which are not shown. The revolving parts ofthis unit…
