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Power curve graph comparing a steam cooling system and standard water cooling.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 24\5\  Scan133
Date  10th February 1926
  
POWER CURVE 11 G III
R.R. STEAM COOLING SYSTEM AND. STANDARD WATER COOLING.
ROAD WHEEL B.H.P.
ENGINE R.P.M.
WATER COOLING.
STEAM COOLING.
ENGINE TEMP. (WATER COOLING) AT 80°C
N.B. ENGINE BECOMES TOO HOT TO ALLOW A FIGURE TO BE OBTAINED OVER 2500 R.P.M. (STEAM COOLING)
WATER CAPACITY OF STEAM COOLING SYSTEM
RADIATOR TANK 6.375 PTS
ENGINE. 8.75 "
TOTAL. 15.125 PTS
STARTING FROM COLD.
TIME TAKEN FOR ENGINE WATER TO REACH 80°C WHEN RUNNING LIGHT AT 1000 R.P.M.
STANDARD WATER COOLING 16 MINS
R.R. STEAM COOLING. 2 MINS 50 SECS.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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