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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).
Analysis of exhaust system configurations for quick warming, including a performance graph.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\P\2July1926-September1926\  Scan011
Date  7th February 1926 guessed
  
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(2) Standard without the exhaust butterfly.
(3) Standard with the outlet pipe from hot spot leading directly into the atmosphere and no butterfly valve.
(4) Superheat system with .062 diameter water feed hole.
(5) Do. with .025 feed hole.

[Graph Text]
Title: Exhaust Hot Spots
Curve 1: STD WITH BUTTERFLY CLOSED
Curve 2: NO BUTTERFLY HOT SPOT EXHAUSTING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE
Curve 3: STD WITH BUTTERFLY OPEN
Bottom Text: VOL. OF WATER IN HOT SPOT FOR HEATING = 355. C.C.
Y-Axis: TEMP °C
X-Axis: TIME - MINS

[Text to the right of the graph]
The curves for the exhaust heated system shew that with the present arrangement the exhaust butterfly valve is necessary to get quick warming up. An arrangement was tried in which the exhaust feed pipe was taken into the exhaust pipe and turned upwards to face into the gas stream. (see sketch). No advantage was gained by this and

[Text below the graph]
actually the circulation was slower than with the pipe in its normal position due no doubt to the pressure effect being neutralized by the high gas velocity in the exhaust pipe.

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