What is the maximum recommended horizontal spacing between pipe supports for 30" standard weight steel pipe?
I am looking at Anvil International catalogue PH 2002, page PH 207 which states 34ft. Unless I misunderstand piping design, I feel that the 34 ft is a "typo".
Has anyone ran across a good book that states, or have a proven "rule of thumb" for estimating the average gland and labyrinth seal losses through an extraction/backpressure steam turbine.
I want to use this number in calculating the net shaft power developed by the turbine. The...