Sentence examples for compound engine from inspiring English sources

The yard was founded in 1864 by William Elder, a talented marine engineer who developed the compound engine which transformed shipbuilding by allowing vessels to use fuel more efficiently and travel further.

It was a compound engine of the type patented by engineer Arthur Woolf.

In a simple steam engine, expansion of the steam takes place in only one cylinder, whereas in the compound engine there are two or more cylinders of increasing size for greater expansion of the steam and higher efficiency; the first and smallest piston is operated by the initial high-pressure steam and the second by the lower-pressure steam exhausted from the first.

The ship was powered by a single horizontal, two-cylinder compound engine, with steam provided by eight coal-fired box boilers.

The ironclads of the 1880s used compound engines, and by the end of the 1880s the even-more efficient triple expansion compound engine was in use.

There were simple engines, compound engines, triple-expansion engines and, perhaps the highlight of the rich collection of machines he garnered over several decades, George Stephenson's own, handbuilt model of Locomotion, the famous Stockton and Darlington railway locomotive that steamed, at speeds of up to 15mph, during the reign of William IV.

The new White Star record-breakers were especially economical because of their use of compound engines.

The specifications called for an airliner capable of carrying 48 passengers and powered with Bristol Centaurus radial engines or Napier Nomad compound engines.

In the 50's, flying the Constellation G model powered by the complex, new high-powered Wright turbo-compound engine, I had three failures at different times: 350 miles off the Portuguese coast; between Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka); and right after takeoff at Paris.

This paper investigates the interaction between two turbines in a turbo-compound engine and its impact on the engine performance.

The characteristics of two-stage turbine, including turbocharger turbine and power turbine, have significant effects on the overall performance of turbo-compound engine.