S. C. McBirnie - Marine Steam Engines and Turbines
Butterworth & Co. | 1980 | ISBN: 0408003871 | English | 715 Pages | PDF | 10.92 MB
Butterworth & Co. | 1980 | ISBN: 0408003871 | English | 715 Pages | PDF | 10.92 MB
Content:
Marine Engineering Series
Front Matter
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
Generation and properties of steam
Reciprocating engines
Steam turbines
Turbine reduction gears
Balancing and critical speed of turbine rotors
Condensers
Special engines and turbines
Entropy and its uses: energy diagrams involving entropy
Steam engine and turbine cycles and efficiencies
Steam turbine theory
Regenerative feed heating
The Rankine cycle in practice
Future possibilities
Going to sea; setting watches; engine room procedure
Index