Steam engines, prepared in the Extension division of the University of Wisconsin (1919)
Shealy, Edward Marvin · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 263
ondenser acts like a barometer. The atmospheric pressure onthe surface of the water in the hot well would therefore force thewater in the tail pipe to a height of 34 feet which corresponds toatmospheric pressure. For this reason, it is necessary that thetail pipe be at least 34 feet long in order… … FiG. 155. CONDENSING APPARATUS 249 pheric pressure so that tlie length of the tail pipe might be madea little less than 34 feet but, to guard against any possibility ofan accident, the tail pipe is made at least 34 feet long. The condensing water may be pumped into the condenser underpressure or…
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