Carlo Colombi

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Carlo Colombi (born January 15, 1883 in Lausanne ; † September 23, 1966 there ) was a Swiss engineer and university professor .

Life

Carlo Colombi was the son of the lawyer and politician Luigi Colombi and his wife Maria Hofer. His brother was the engineer Charles Colombi (1883–1966).

In 1906 he obtained his mechanical engineering diploma at the engineering school of the University of Lausanne (today: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ) (EPFL); he then worked for Brown Boverie & Cie until 1914 . active as an engineer.

From 1914 to 1945 he taught as an associate professor and from 1945 to 1955 as a full professor at EPUL.

Carlo Colombi was married to Henriette Reber.

Scientific and journalistic work

His scientific work mainly focused on theoretical thermodynamics and the thermodynamics of steam and gas engines . To this end, he wrote numerous treatises on the production of mechanical energy and thermal energy , which appeared in Swiss, French and Italian specialist publications.

Fonts (selection)

  • Carlo Colombi; Charles Colombi: Studio sulla teoria generale delle turbine a vapore multiple . Milano 1927.
  • For calculating the blading of Ljungström steam turbines . Vienna: Print by Alois Mally, 1929.
  • Carlo Colombi; Aurel Stodola : Circa alcune proprietà delle palettature di turbine a vapore multiple, tipo Parsons . Zurich: Orell Füssli Verlag, 1929.
  • Note sur le calcul des turbo-compresseurs et sur leurs applications à l'industrie du froid . Mâcon: Protat Frères, 1929.
  • Les ailettages des turbines à vapeur multiples à action: exposé d'une nouvelle mèthode de calcul avec application à la dètermination numérique détaillée d'aubages . Paris: Dunod, 1929.
  • L'influence de la surchauffe intermédiaire sur l'économie des installations motrices à vapeur . Liège: Imprimerie Georges Thone, 1930.
  • L'état actuel de la construction des turbines à vapeur en Suisse . Lausanne: Office suisse d'expansion commerciale; Zurich: Orell-Füssli Institute, 1931.
  • Report on the work of the Committee of the International Cold Institute for the Standardization of Ice Cells and Ice Generators . Berlin 1936.
  • The i-Φ diagram and the cycle of turbo compressors . Berlin 1937.
  • Note relative aux prices de vapeur pour préchauffage de l'eau d'alimentation d'une chaudière . Lausanne: Imprimerie La Concorde, 1937.
  • Charles Colombi; Carlo Colombi: Le diagrams enthalpy potential thermodynamique I-Φ: ses propriétés et ses applications aux calculs des turbo-compresseurs et des installations frigorifiques . Paris: Dunod, 1940.
  • Carlo Colombi; Charles Colombi: De la dynamique des pellicules superficielles à la dynamique des fluides . Lausanne: La Concorde, 1953.
  • Appunti su metodi sperimentali in uso per lo studio delle sheer di palette di turbo-macchine . Milano: Barbieri, 1955.
  • Regards vers la centrale thermo-électrique de demain . Lausanne: Ed. de la Société du Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande, 1956.
  • Turbines à gaz en circuit fermé munies d'un réacteur nucléaire: note relative àcertaines propriétés des gaz utilizables: contribution àl'étude de la notion de travail continu maximum et desses applications pratiques: notamment au cas des installations dites de force et chauffage . Lausanne: Ed. de la Société du Bulletin Technique de la Suisse romande, 1957.
  • La turbina a gas nelle centrali nucleari . Milano 1966.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Colombi, Charles. In: Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande, Volume 92, Issue 26 (1966). Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Colombi, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Lausanne
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1966
Place of death Lausanne