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Blowing Engine
A blowing engine is a large stationary steam engine or internal combustion engine directly coupled to air pumping cylinders. They deliver a very large quantity of air at a pressure lower than an air compressor, but greater than a centrifugal fan. Blowing engines are majorly used to provide the air blast for furnaces, blast furnaces and other forms of smelter. Waterwheel engines The very first blowing engines were the blowing houses: bellows, driven by waterwheels. Smelters are most economically located near the source of their ore, which may not have suitable water power available nearby. There is also the risk of drought interrupting the water supply, or of expanding demand for the furnace outstripping the available water capacity. These restrictions led to the very earliest form of steam engine used for power generation rather than pumping, the water-returning engine. With this engine, a steam pump was used to raise water that in turn drove a waterwheel and thus the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allis Blowing Engine (New Catechism Of The Steam Engine, 1904)
Allis may refer to: People * Allis (surname) Places * Allis Township, Michigan * North Allis Township, Michigan * West Allis, Wisconsin Other * Allis-Chalmers, a former manufacturer of farm equipment based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Big Allis, a giant generator in Queens, New York, commissioned by Consolidated Edison and built by Allis-Chalmers in 1965 * Allis-Chalmers Model B, popular tractor manufactured by Allis-Chalmers * Charles Allis Art Museum, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Allis shad, ''Alosa alosa'', species of fish found in Europe and North Africa * Fiat Allis, manufacturer of construction equipment * Allis clamp, a vital surgical instrument used in many surgical procedures See also * Alliss * Alis (other) * Alice (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
