Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 199
g water, and thecondensed steam alone being pumped back again to the boiler as ahot fresh-water feed. For the steam is here condensed, not by beingmixed with large volumes of cold water, but by coming in contactwith cold metallic surfaces. Thus the great advantage of the surface condenser consists… … \=^ Fig. 196. only additional feed being that necessary to make up for the small waste from leaky glands, loss by safety-valves, etc. The general arrangement of a surface condenser is shown in Fig. 196. The cold metallic surface required by which to condense the steam is provided by means of a…
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