Erratum: "One channel" -> "The seven channels" On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Examining the condenser, the condenser channels are horizontal pipes in a > vertical array. It _appears_ as though each of 7 channels does one > round-trip, returning on the pipe just below. One channel would look like: > > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > _______________________ Inflowing vapor > (_______________________ Outflowing liquid > > > So the steam feeder and water collector pipes must be vertical. But this > creates a problem on the water collection side: What is the water level in > the vertical collector pipe and how is it to not interfere with the entry > of steam at that level?
