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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).
Chart comparing the performance of a Buick oil cooler against a calculated hexagonal honeycomb film type cooler.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149a\2\  scan0316
Date  4th December 1933
  
CHART O/19/FIG 10.
BUICK OIL COOLER
OIL TO WATER HEAT TRANSMISSION
COMPARISON CHART WITH PERFORMANCE OF OIL COOLERS GIVEN IN PAPER BY W.R. RAMSAUR OF LOCKPORT N.Y.
NO. OF TUBES 116 (BUICK) AND 112 HEX HONEYCOMB FILM.
FILM DEPTH 3 1/4" (.) AND 2 1/4" (?) - (CALCULATED)
WATER FLOW - 15 GALLS/MIN.
OIL INLET TEMP 210°F
WATER " " 170°F
OIL USED -
MOBILOIL "A" (BUICK)
AND S.A.E. NO. 30.
S.A.E. OIL 30 REDWOOD VISCOSITY AT 190°F - 70
MOBILOIL "A" " " 190°F - 70
S.A.E " 72°F - 2500
MOBILOIL A " 72°F - 1700
B.T.U.S DISSIPATED/MIN.
OIL FLOW GALLONS/MIN.
BUICK COOLER
EWS 4/12/33
  
  


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