Electrical Engineering Practice: A Practical Treatise for Electrical, Civil, and Mechanical Engineers with Many Tables and Illustrations, Volume 1Chapman & Hall, 1938 - Electric engineering |
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Page 292
... thermal efficiency of an engine working between these limits is ( 825 - 561 ) / 825 = 32 % . Allowing for the losses inevit- able in an actual engine the thermal efficiency might be 20 % , and the engine would then have a relative ...
... thermal efficiency of an engine working between these limits is ( 825 - 561 ) / 825 = 32 % . Allowing for the losses inevit- able in an actual engine the thermal efficiency might be 20 % , and the engine would then have a relative ...
Page 294
... Thermal Efficiencies of Prime Movers ; Fuel and Steam Consumptions . — A knowledge of the approximate thermal efficiency of various prime movers is useful in practice , because it enables one speedily to form a good idea of the amount ...
... Thermal Efficiencies of Prime Movers ; Fuel and Steam Consumptions . — A knowledge of the approximate thermal efficiency of various prime movers is useful in practice , because it enables one speedily to form a good idea of the amount ...
Page 336
... thermal efficiency . The heat consumption of these sets would be 3 412 × 106 / 0 · 08 = 4.26 × 101o B.Th. U. If the same quantity of energy were developed by a 20 000 kW turbo - set operating at 28 % thermal efficiency the heat ...
... thermal efficiency . The heat consumption of these sets would be 3 412 × 106 / 0 · 08 = 4.26 × 101o B.Th. U. If the same quantity of energy were developed by a 20 000 kW turbo - set operating at 28 % thermal efficiency the heat ...
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