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Steam Turbines · Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins — chapter 17 of 18 · ~130 words · public domain

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Parsons type of turbine, 41

Passage in foundation, 2

Peep-holes, 15, 18

Piping, 171 changing, 179 inspection, 164

Pressure, 63 gages, 166 in glands, 57

Pump, circulating, fails to meet guarantee, 172 inspection, 164

Radial clearance, 63

Rateau turbines, 118

Relief valves, 31 valves, importance, 159

Ring, carbon, 20

Rotor, Westinghouse-Parsons turbine, 59

Running, 99

Safety-stop, 22 -stop governor, 86

Saucer steps, 39

Screw, step-bearing, 18 step-supporting, 4

Separators, 105

Setting spindle and cylinder for minimum leakage, 115 valves in Curtis turbine, 31, 32

Shaft, holding up while removing support, 8

Shield-plate, 26, 36

Shim, horseshoe, 8

Shroud rings, 44, 46

Shrouding on buckets and intermediates, 18

Shutting down, 101

Special turbine features, 127

Spindle, lifting, 96 removing, 104

Spraying mechanism, 158

Stage valves, 28, 31

Starting up, 54, 95

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