At High Altitude
At High Altitude
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在高海拔地区
DOI:
10.1017/s0368393100107771
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发表时间:
1937
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F. W. Lanchester
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作者:
F. W. Lanchester
In the present paper (Part II) the engine, and more broadly the power plant, is considered in its relation to altitude. The discussion hinges mainly on the question of supercharge. After a brief reference to the various types of supercharger the author opens the discussion on an ideal basis, in which the supercharger is supposed to be 100 per cent, efficient, and the atmosphere is treated as adiabatic, as was at one time supposed. Then the “International Standard Atmosphere” is introduced as modifying the conditions, and after that the question of supercharger efficiency is dealt with. The author treats this on the basis of a law of adiabatic type but with a different index, and shows that this treatment gives an efficiency varying from approximately 60 to 70 per cent, as a function of altitude. The difficulties connected with supercharge as affecting temperature, having been made clear, the subject of inter-cooling between compressor and engine is dealt with at length with the aid of thermodynamic diagrams. Then the propeller is discussed, and the case for variable pitch made clear. Finally, the subject of surface cooling is dealt with, applied both to the engine and to the inter-cooler.