Railway and Locomotive Engineering . erheating is due to the increase inthe volume of superheated steam as com-pared with a like weight of saturatedsteam, and to the avoidance of cylindercondensation. It is obvious, therefore,that the higher the degree of superheatthe greater will be the saving in coal consumption. As a rule, however,it is not considered advisable to go be-yond a total steam temperature of 670degrees Fahrenheit. The Robinson locomotive superheater,so named because it is the invention of lor their reception, have their ends ex-l>anded direct into the header, and he
Railway and Locomotive Engineering . erheating is due to the increase inthe volume of superheated steam as com-pared with a like weight of saturatedsteam, and to the avoidance of cylindercondensation. It is obvious, therefore,that the higher the degree of superheatthe greater will be the saving in coal consumption. As a rule, however,it is not considered advisable to go be-yond a total steam temperature of 670degrees Fahrenheit. The Robinson locomotive superheater,so named because it is the invention of lor their reception, have their ends ex-l>anded direct into the header, and hereinis to be found the fundamental differencebetween the Robinson and other kinds ofsmoke-tube superheaters. Flanged, orother special joints, for connecting thesesteam tubes to the header are thus doneaway with, as such joints are claimed inmany cases to cause leakage. Anotheressential feature of the Robinson appara-tus is the employment of steam jets, ordraught retarders, in place of mechanicaldampers, for the purpose of preventing.
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