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  2. Indicator diagram - Wikipedia

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    An indicator diagram is a chart used to measure the thermal, or cylinder, performance of reciprocating steam and internal combustion engines and compressors. [1] An indicator chart records the pressure in the cylinder versus the volume swept by the piston, throughout the two or four strokes of the piston which constitute the engine, or ...

  3. Pitot–static system - Wikipedia

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    Airspeed indicator diagram showing pressure sources from both the pitot tube and the static port The pitot–static system obtains pressures for interpretation by the pitot–static instruments. While the explanations below explain traditional, mechanical instruments, many modern aircraft use an air data computer (ADC) to calculate airspeed ...

  4. Pressure–volume diagram - Wikipedia

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    Watt's indicator diagram. The PV diagram, then called an indicator diagram, was developed in 1796 by James Watt and his employee John Southern. [2] Volume was traced by a plate moving with the piston, while pressure was traced by a pressure gauge whose indicator moved at right angles to the piston.

  5. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Steam engine indicator ...

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    Oppose An indicator diagram would very rarely have the mechanism drawn. The piston position doesn't match any of the possible positions indicated by the diagram. Additionally, an indicator diagram is a plot of pressure vs volume (P-V) not pressure vs piston position. This distinction is important for calculating the work done in each cycle.

  6. Level sensor - Wikipedia

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    Hydrostatic pressure level sensors are submersible or externally mounted pressure sensors suitable for measuring the level of corrosive liquids in deep tanks or water in reservoirs. Typically, fluid level is determined by the pressure at the bottom of the fluid containment (tank or reservoir); the pressure at the bottom, adjusted for the ...

  7. Thermodynamic diagrams - Wikipedia

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    The main feature of thermodynamic diagrams is the equivalence between the area in the diagram and energy. When air changes pressure and temperature during a process and prescribes a closed curve within the diagram the area enclosed by this curve is proportional to the energy which has been gained or released by the air.

  8. Pirani gauge - Wikipedia

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    Block diagram of Pirani gauge Curves to convert air readings to other gases. In order to understand the technology, consider that in a gas filled system there are four ways that a heated wire transfers heat to its surroundings. Gas conduction at high pressure / (r representing the distance from the heated wire)

  9. Enthalpy–entropy chart - Wikipedia

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    The Mollier enthalpy–entropy diagram for water and steam. The "dryness fraction", x , gives the fraction by mass of gaseous water in the wet region, the remainder being droplets of liquid. An enthalpy–entropy chart , also known as the H – S chart or Mollier diagram , plots the total heat against entropy, [ 1 ] describing the enthalpy of a ...