800 Elementary Steam Engineering. [Hancock.]
Lectures 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Descriptive and experimental study of steam and gas engines,
steam turbines, condensers, feed-water heaters, feed pumps and injectors.
Steam boilers. The properties of steam; the steam engine
indicator, calorimeters, and separators. Engine testing and the computation
of power and efficiency. Weekly problems for private solution.
For illustration and practice free use is made of the steam
equipment of the laboratory and of the university power plant.
[Required, Fall, in Courses I (4); II, III, V (2); IV (3).]
