Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 403
gned nozzlethe adiabatic expansion of the steam from maximumto minimum pressure will convert the entire staticenergy of the steam into kinetic. Theoretically this iswhat occurs in the De Laval nozzle. The expandingsteam acquires great velocity, and the energy of the jet391 ENGINEERING of steam… … ever, which for obvious reasons has never yet beenattained in practice with the reciprocating engine.But with the divergent nozzle the conditions aredifferent. Referring to Fig. 142, a continuous volume of steam DE LAVAL STEAM TURBINE 393 at maximum pressure is entering the nozzle at E, and,passing…
