Efficiency tests of an air compressing plant

dc.contributor.authorTurnbull, William
dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Wendell Phillips
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-20T21:51:46Z
dc.date.available2017-09-20T21:51:46Z
dc.date.issued1904
dc.date.published1904
dc.descriptionCitation: Turnbull, William and Terrell, Wendell Phillips. Efficiency tests of an air compressing plant. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1904.
dc.descriptionMorse Department of Special Collections
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The air compressor plant tested is a part of the equipment of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory at the Kansas State Agricultural College. It consists of a vertical steam engine, an air compressor, an air receiver, and a Westinghouse steam engine used as an air motor. The arrangement of the plant is shown in the accompanying scheme. The vertical steam engine is supposed to develop about ten horse power when running at two hundred fifty recolutions per minute. The diameter of its piston is six inches, and its stroke is eight inches. The diameter of the piston rod is one and one-eighth inches. The engine receives steam from a two and one-half inch pipe, which is connected to the steam main. The steam before reaching the engine passes through a steam separator. The condition of the steam was about .995. The engine exhausted into the air. The air compressor is of the Ingersoll –Sergeant make. The diameter of its piston is eight inches, and its stroke is eight inches. The diameter of its piston rod is one and three-eighths inches. The compressor is driven by the steam engine with a two ply leather belt. The Westinghouse steam engine which was used as an air motor consists of two vertical, single acting cylinders. The diameter of the pistons are five inches, and their stroke six inches. The cranks are one hundred and eighty degrees apart.
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dc.subjectAir Compressor Plant
dc.subjectTesting
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering Laboratory
dc.subject.AATTheses
dc.titleEfficiency tests of an air compressing plant
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