The calculation of boiler efficiencies

• Main Author: Young, William Hugh
• Other Authors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
• Language: en_US
• Published: Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Postgraduate School 2013
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10945/31625

This work was prompted by a letter from the Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, suggesting that a thesis be undertaken on the subject of the calculation of boiler efficiencies, using the Naval Boiler and Turbine Laboratory Long Form as a basis of the discussion. This form. has been in general use at the Laboratory for a nwnber of years, and provides a useful tool in the testing and decision as to whether a boiler is acceptable for the Naval service. Therefore, an investigation as to its nature and content, with a view of determining the propriety of the many calculations involved, was deemed worthwhile.