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1925 Heat Engines - Steam, Gas, Steam Turbines & Thier Auxiliaries - 3rd Edition

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HEAT ENGINES STEAM, GAS , STEAM TURBINES AND THEIR AUXILIARIES BY: JOHN R ALLEN & JOSEPH A BURSLEY THIRD EDITION - FOURTH IMPRESSION - TOTAL ISSUE 33,500 COPYRIGHT 1910, 1914, 1925 CONTENTS: PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER I - HEAT (THEORY AND MEASUREMENT OF HEAT, ABSOLUTE ZERO, BRITISH THERMAL UNIT, SPECIFIC HEAT, RADIATION-CONDUCTION-CONVECTION, DEFINITIONS OF ENERGY-WORK & POWER, GAGE-ABSOLUTE & ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE) CHAPTER II - ELEMENTARY THERMODYNAMICS (1ST & 2ND LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS, EQUATION & LAWS OF PERFECT GASES, ABSORPTION OF HEAT, JOULE'S LAW, RELATION OF SPECIFIC HEATS, EXPANSIONS IN GENERAL, WORK OF EXPANSION,HEAT ADDED-GENERAL CASE, HEAT ADDED AT CONSTANT VOLUME/CONSTANT PRESSURE, ADIABATIC EXPANSION, ISOTHERMAL EXPANSION, RELATION OF PRESSURE-VOLUME & TEMPERATURE DURING EXPANSION/COMPRESSION, ENTROPY, THEORETICAL HEAT ENGINE, CARNOT CYCLE, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER III - PROPERTIES OF STEAM (FORMATION OF STEAM, PROPERTIES OF STEAM, KINDS OF STEAM, STEAM TABLES) CHAPTER IV - CALORIMETERS AND MECHANICAL MIXTURES (CALORIMETERS, THROTTLING CALORIMETERS, SEPARATING CALORIMETERS, QUALITY OF STEAM, MECHANICAL MIXTURES, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER V - FUELS AND COMBUSTION (FUELS, COAL ANALYSIS, CLASSIFICATION- CHARACTERISTICS & PROPERTIES OF COAL, OTHER SOLID FUELS, POWDERED COAL, LIQUID FUELS, COAL CALORIMETERS, AIR REQUIRED FOR COMBUSTION, SMOKE, ANALYSIS OF FLUE GASES, DETERMINATION OF TOTAL CARBON, THEORETICAL TEMPERATURE OF COMBUSTION, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER VI - BOILERS (BOILER CLASSIFICATION, RETURN TUBULAR BOILERS, INTERNALLY FIRED BOILERS, LOCOMOTIVE TYPE OF BOILER, VERTICLE FIRE-TUBE BOILERS, USE OF TUBULAR BOILER, WATER-TUBE BOILERS, HORIZONTAL & VERTICLE WATER-TUBE BOILERS, HEATING SURFACE-GRATE SURFACE & BREECHING, BOILER HORSEPOWER, BOILER ECONOMY, BOILER EFFICIENCY, BOILER LOSSES, HEAT BALANCE, HIGH-PRESSURE BOILERS, BOILER FEED WATER, BOILER ACCESSORIES) CHAPTER VII - BOILER AUXILIARIES (FIRING, MECHANICAL STOKERS, INCLINED-GRATE STOKERS, CHAIN-GRATE STOKERS, UNDERFEED STOKERS, ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF STOKERS, POWDERED COAL EQUIPMENT, PROBLEMS IN USE OF POWDERED COAL, BOILER FEEDERS-FEED PUMPS & INJECTORS, FEED-WATER HEATING & HEATERS, ECONOMIZERS, AIR HEATERS, SUPERHEATERS, CHIMNEYS; DRAFT-CAPACITY & CONSTRUCTION, MECHANICAL DRAFT, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER VIII - STEAM ENGINES (THE SIMPLE STEAM ENGINE, STEAM CYCLES - CARNOT & RANKINE, ACTION OF STEAM IN ENGINE CYLINDER, THEORETICAL HORSEPOWER OF A STEAM ENGINE, LOSSES IN THE STEAM ENGINE, INITIAL CONDENSATION, CLEARANCE & COMPRESSION, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER IX - TYPES AND DETAILS OF STEAM ENGINES (CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINES, TYPES OF ENGINES, ENGINE DETAILS, ENGINE LUBRICATION) CHAPTER X - TESTING OF STEAM ENGINES (STEAM ENGINE INDICATOR, INDICATED HORSEPOWER, BRAKE HORSEPOWER, MECHANICAL HORSEPOWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, ACTUAL HEAT EFFICIENCY, ENGINE ECONOMY, DUTY, DETERMINATION OF INITIAL CONDENSATION, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER XI - VALVE GEARS (PLAIN D-SLIDE VALVES, RELATIVE POSITION OF VALVE & PISTON,DEFINITIONS OF LAP-LEAD-ANGULAR ADVANCE & ECCENTRICITY, ZEUNER VALVE DIAGRAM, VARIOUS TYPES OF VALVES, CORLISS VALVES, REVERSING MECHANISMS, VALVE SETTING, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER XII - GOVERNORS (TYPES, COVERNOR MECHANISM, ISOCHRONISM, SHAFT GOVERNORS, HUNTING, FLYWHEEL CHAPTER XIII - COMPOUND ENGINES (OBJECT OF COMPOUND ENGINES, TANDEM COMPOUND ENGINES, CROSS-COMPOUND ENGINES, RATIO OF CYLINDERS, HORSEPOWER OF COMPOUND ENGINES, COMBINED INDICATOR CARDS, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER XIV - CONDENSERS (JET CONDENSERS-REGULAR JET & BAROMETRIC, SURFACE CONDENSERS, AIR PUMPS, COOLING WATER, EFFECT OF CONDENSERS, COOLING TOWERS, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER XV - STEAM TURBINES (HISTORY, ACTION OF STEAM IN TURBINE, CLASSIFICATION, TURBINE NOZZELS, SPEED OF TURBINES, DE LAVAL TURBINE, CURTIS TURBINE, RETEAU-TYPE - TURBINES - MOORE TURBINE, KERR TURBINE, RETURN-FLOW TURBINES - TERRY & STURTEVANT TURBINES, PARSONS TURBINE, DOUBLE-FLOW TURBINE, LOW-PRESSURE TURBINES, MIXED-FLOW TURBINES, BLEEDER TURBINES, APPLICATION OF STEAM TURBINES) CHAPTER XVI - THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (HISTORY, CLASSIFICATION, CYCLES OF OPERATION, CYCLES OF COMBUSTION, LOSSES, INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE FUELS, GAS PRODUCERS, LIQUID FUELS, FUEL MIXTURES, RATED HORSEPOWERS, ACTUAL HORSEPOWER) CHAPTER XVII - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE PARTS (VALVES, CARBURETORS, INJECTION DEVICES, METHODS OF IGNITION, METHODS OF GOVERNING) CHAPTER XVIII - CHARACTERISTIC INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (AEROPLANE ENGINES, AUTOMOBILE ENGINES, TRUCK ENGINES, TRACTOR ENGINES, MARINE ENGINES, STATIONARY ENGINES, PROBLEMS) CHAPTER XIX - ECONOMY OF HEAT ENGINES (RELATIVE ECONOMY, COMMERCIAL ECONOMY, PROBLEMS) --------------------- INDEX LIST OF TABLES (NOTE: SIGNIFICANT WEAR TO COVER. 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