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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).
Graph plotting heat transfer to oil against RPM for various oil release and sump configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\1\  scan0118
Date  16th June 1933 guessed
  
CURVE II.
RIBBED SUMP USED FOR CURVES BELOW:
PER HEAT TO OIL.
RELEASE OIL NORMAL RETURNED VIA TAPPETS (SUMP DRAINED)
RELEASE OIL DIRECT TO LOWER HALF (SUMP DRAINED)
RELEASE OIL DIRECT TO LOWER HALF 1 GALLON IN SUMP
RELEASE OIL NORMAL RETURNED VIA TAPPETS (1 GALL IN SUMP)
RELEASE OIL TO EXTERNAL TANK ONLY BEARING OIL THRU' SUMP (SUMP DRAINED)
BTHUS/MIN
LESS RADIATION
500
400
300
200
100
R.P.M.
3500
4000
4500
  
  


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