I need to install an pump to intermittently transfer boiler makeup water from a 6000gal tank (~8ft tall x 11ft dia). The bottom of the tank sits ~18ft below the fill line on the heating boiler, which is pressurized at ~18psig. I was envisioning the transfer pump (centrifugal) on the ground at...
Let's say steam starts to condense while still in the LP section of a turbine, exiting at a quality of 95%. Is the amount of latent enthalpy given off while still in the LP available as mechanical work to the turbine?
I question that a simple delta h times mass flow in this case gives a real...
