Re: Placing condensor inside of feed water tank?
Posted by:
David K Nergaard (IP Logged)
Date: October 18, 2002 10:30AM
<HTML>The exhaust steam has almost ten times as much heat as needed to heat the feed water to the temperature of the steam. The remainder must be dumped to the atmaoshere.
Steam car feed water heaters heat all the feed water and are fitted on the output, high presseure, side of the pumps so cavitation problems are minimized. Most car condensors cannot handle all the steam, eapecially on hills. The usual result is steam entering the feed tank with the condensate, heating the tank. That usually means the feed water pumps have cavitation problems, evidenced by pounding noises, as the car reaches the top of a hill. This is definately bad as this is just the time when efficient pumps are needed most!</HTML>