Lanterna Rally

Author: Lester G. French

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781332315819

Excerpt from Steam Turbines: Practice and Theory The steam turbine, like the water turbine, is based on the principle that when a fluid is in motion its energy will be converted into mechanical work, if the fluid impinges on moving vanes which change its direction of flow and reduce its velocity; It differs from the water turbine in important particulars, however, due to the facts that water and steam have very different properties and that the steam turbine, like the steam engine, is a heat motor and must utilize the heat energy of steam. The Principle of the Water Turbine is illustrated in Fig.1, which shows the effect of a curved vane upon a stream of water. The lines w, R, V, etc., represent velocities and also show direction of motion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.