Performance of an exhaust-gas "blowdown" turbine on a nine-cylinder radial engine (open access)

Performance of an exhaust-gas "blowdown" turbine on a nine-cylinder radial engine

Report presenting tests on an exhaust-gas turbine with four separate nozzle boxes each covering a 90 degree arc of the nozzle diaphragm and each connected to a pair of adjacent cylinders in a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-12 nine-cylinder radial engine. Results regarding the power output of the engine and turbine, effect of the turbine on engine power, turbine power output and speed characteristics, mean turbine efficiency, effect of the blowdown turbine on exhaust-gas temperature, and condition of the blowdown turbine after tests are provided.
Date: December 1944
Creator: Turner, L. Richard & Desmon, Leland G.
System: The UNT Digital Library