Hutton, Frederick Remsen, 1853-1918 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; London, Chapman & Hall, limited · leaf 157
pe was 33 or 34 feet long, and its lower end wasimmersed in the water of the hot-well so that a barometricseal was secured, and with highest barometric pressure thewater would only stand in equilibrium in the discharge-pipe 106 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OF POWER PLANTS. at a .level below the bottom of… … Fig. 76.the condenser by this action the air which gathers in it andwhich lacks a barometric balance. The small pipe H drawsthe heated water for the boiler from the hot-well. It will be seen that this gravity or barometric condenserdispenses with the air-pump altogether, but requires an injec-…
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