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).
Report analysing condenser capacity and leakage points in relation to temperature and repeated heating cycles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\3\ Scan106 | |
| Date | 12th July 1923 guessed | |
| -2- Contd. No.4 42.1% No.5. 42.9% No.6. 38.6% Next it will be seen that the leakage point on the first curves is at about 53ºC but that on the final curves it is at about 34ºC. Also that the capacities at these two points for each condenser, appreciably agree. There appears then to be some relation between capacity and the leakage point. It seems that either the capacity of a condenser must go on increasing with repeated heatings until it breaks down, or the amount of increase diminish with each cycle until a point is reached where it is stabilised, and the capacity varies within that range of temperature without receiving a permanent set. It would also be interesting to confirm whether or not there is a point above which the condenser receives a permanent increase, or whether it receives a slight increase with every little rise in temperature. Finally whether leakage is entirely a question of heat, or whether it occurs on the condenser receiving a specific increase in capacity. CAP. | ||