Appendix A3
Complementary notes For usual locomotive practice v » vb » v1 » 1.9 m3 kg-1 L/D » 2 ; F1/F » 7; Fb/F » 7; W/Wb » 3.5; W1/W » 0.43; W/Wb » 1.5 (Dynamic pressure at throat)/(dynamic pressure at bell mouth(gas)) » 2.25 (Dynamic pressure at throat)/(dynamic pressure at blast pipe) » 0.185 Recovery in diffuser = 75% of dynamic pressure at throat d1/df » 2.65 (df = equivalent diameter of the 4 nozzles) df/d1 » 0.38 ; (F0+F)/F » 8; db/d1 » 1.07 (db = diameter of the bell mouth) df/db » 0.35; db/df » 2.8; (Height of mixing chamber/diameter of mixing chamber) » 2.5 (Chimney outlet diameter)/(Throat diameter) » 2; Diffuser included angle £ 12° (Draught at tuyère plane)/(smokebox draught) » 1.4 Specific heat of steam » 0.47 cal kg-1 K-1; Specific heat of gas » 0.27 cal kg-1 K-1; Specific heat of steam/gas mixture » 0.34 cal kg-1 K-1 Steam-gas mixture temperature = 0.5(steam temp. + gas temp.) |