Power & Energy
Compound steam engine
A compound engine expands steam in successive cylinders rather than completing the expansion in just one. Sharing the pressure drop between stages helped improve efficiency and made compound and triple-expansion engines important...
About this artifact
A compound engine expands steam in successive cylinders rather than completing the expansion in just one. Sharing the pressure drop between stages helped improve efficiency and made compound and triple-expansion engines important in factories and steamships.
Sources & image credits
Historic machinery: Robey compound engine
Image: Cross-compound Robey steam engine, close-up of cylinders, Bolton museum.jpg
Creator: Terry Whalebone
License: CC BY 2.0
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