compound engine
Britishnoun
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a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders
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a reciprocating engine in which the exhaust gases are expanded in a turbine to drive a turbocharger
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Although the Wright turbo compound engine was standard on both the DC-7 and Super Constellation, it proved so unsatisfactory that airlines were not interested in Wright engines for the new jet airliners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each engine is a vertical quarter-crank compound engine with a 17-inch high pressure cylinder and a 27-inch low-pressure cylinder with a common 24-inch stroke.
From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous
Q. How should a compound engine be lubricated?
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
The compound engine, even, as has been seen, was invented by contemporaries of Watt, and the only important modifications since his time have occurred in details.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.
In any compound engine a blow past the high-pressure packing tends to increase the pressure in the low-pressure cylinder.
From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous
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