Van Nostrand's engineering magazine . as the author is aware,Professor Rucker, of Leeds, was thefirst to point out the necessity of takinginto account the phenomena of dissocia-tion in making such comparisons. Ac-cordingly, all previous estimates of effi-ciency, based on the indicator diagram,are much too high. The gas engine, then, differs from thehot-air engine, using air heated in themanner assumed in the first part of thispaper, in this, that the temperature issustained, notwithstanding the enormousflow of heat through the sides of thecylinder, by the continuous combinationof the dissociat
Van Nostrand's engineering magazine . as the author is aware,Professor Rucker, of Leeds, was thefirst to point out the necessity of takinginto account the phenomena of dissocia-tion in making such comparisons. Ac-cordingly, all previous estimates of effi-ciency, based on the indicator diagram,are much too high. The gas engine, then, differs from thehot-air engine, using air heated in themanner assumed in the first part of thispaper, in this, that the temperature issustained, notwithstanding the enormousflow of heat through the sides of thecylinder, by the continuous combinationof the dissociated gases. THE THEORY OF TJIK GAS ENGINE. 365 Figs. 7 mid S. have been taken fromthe k-Journal of the Franklin are Lenoir engine diagrams, and inthem the Bame phenomena aref apparent ;although rnnning at a very slow speed,the pressure is most perfectly sustained,the dotted lines showing the adiabatic,and the full lines the actual author of the paper in which theyoccur, gives the probable maximum tem- LENOIR tNGINE. Diagram at 50 revolutions, cylinder 8% inchesdiameter, 16)4 inches stroke.
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