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Steam Piping--variation

By Alfonso Simkonda posted 10-23-2023 10:53

  
Is it only pressure requirements and demands which makes turbine exhaust pipe to have bigger diameter than the inlet line?
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Stephen Peacock
01-10-2024 09:44

The main reason is the large increase in volume in the exhaust steam from the turbine, due to the reduction in density at the much lower pressure.

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