DSK wrote:


.... The inlet
pressure was 9psi -it's on all the web sites describing the
engineering -or are they wrong too?




Actually, they are. The design (according to Harlan & Wolff, who
should know) called for inlet to the turbine at ~ 11 psia. So, if you
grant them 9psi *a* then they're not far wrong.



Nav wrote:

Holy backpedal!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Way to go, Navsprit.

I'm right, you're stuck, so you call me names, holler that I'm
backpedalling, and go bwahaha.


I'd call it a backpedal when you now admit the inlet was not a vacuum
but at 9 or 11 psi !!! (The latter figure is not in any refs. I've seen.
Where did you get it?))!!!! Now tell us about the bypass valve that's
needed to connect the other engines to the condenser to bypass the
turbine steam path or do you still think the main engines can run with
their outlets closed?

Bwhahahahahah big time I'd say!

Cheers