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).
Graph showing an investigation of fuel boiling on a Goshawk carburetter for a Kestrel 27 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img049 | |
| Date | 6th July 1932 | |
| GOSHAWK CARBURETTER. KES 27 ENGINE. INVESTIGATION OF FUEL BOILING AS REPORTED ON EXP. 3 TYPE TEST. CURVES SHEWING EFFECT OF CARBURETTER WATER JACKET WITH FULL BORE FLOW & RESTRICTED TO .125 DIA. OUTLET. IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THE FUEL TEMPERATURE IN THE FLOAT CHAMBER VARIES ONLY 2°C WITH UNRESTRICTED WATER FLOW. THE VARIATION IN POWER & FUEL FLOW IS A FUNCTION OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE & IS NOT INFLUENCED BY JACKET TEMP. B.H.P. FUEL TEMP IN °C FUEL FLOWS IN CC'S/MIN WATER FLOW RESTRICTED BY .125 ORIFICE B.H.P. WATER FLOW UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED FUEL FLOWS UNRESTRICTED FUEL TEMPS RESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED G.H.F | ||