On the Development and Transmission of Power: From Central StationsLongmans, Green, 1894 - 312 páginas |
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... flow of a river is thus utilised , by pumping to a reservoir , for intermittent work , in the systems at Zurich and Geneva . Prof. Forbes's proposal is the adaptation of the same method to a new case . 19 CHAPTER II POWER GENERATED BY ...
... flow of a river is thus utilised , by pumping to a reservoir , for intermittent work , in the systems at Zurich and Geneva . Prof. Forbes's proposal is the adaptation of the same method to a new case . 19 CHAPTER II POWER GENERATED BY ...
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... flow turbines were placed on a common shaft , thirty or forty in number , with fixed guide vanes between each pair of turbine rings . Several hundred of these axial flow multiple turbines were constructed for electric light work , the ...
... flow turbines were placed on a common shaft , thirty or forty in number , with fixed guide vanes between each pair of turbine rings . Several hundred of these axial flow multiple turbines were constructed for electric light work , the ...
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... flow turbine . The turbines in this type are arranged in concentric rings on a rotating disc , with fixed guide vanes between each pair of rings . The steam works its way radially through a series of guide vanes and wheels outwards ...
... flow turbine . The turbines in this type are arranged in concentric rings on a rotating disc , with fixed guide vanes between each pair of rings . The steam works its way radially through a series of guide vanes and wheels outwards ...
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... stopping the flow through one or more of the nozzles . It ought , therefore , to have an efficiency with light loads little less than that with full load . CHAPTER III THE COST OF STEAM POWER THE probable cost STEAM TURBINES 57.
... stopping the flow through one or more of the nozzles . It ought , therefore , to have an efficiency with light loads little less than that with full load . CHAPTER III THE COST OF STEAM POWER THE probable cost STEAM TURBINES 57.
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... flow , and where natural conditions are favourable for the construction of the necessary works , water power is generally much cheaper than steam power . The water costs nothing ; the cost of maintenance of the hydraulic machinery and ...
... flow , and where natural conditions are favourable for the construction of the necessary works , water power is generally much cheaper than steam power . The water costs nothing ; the cost of maintenance of the hydraulic machinery and ...
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