DSK wrote:

Nav wrote:

... It was Doug who said there was no bypass valve.


I didn't say anything of the kind, you clown.

Go back and re-read my posts. I said that a turbine will not be stopped
by opening a bypass valve, which is what you claimed was the summ &
total of how to reverse the Titanic's engines.


Isaid nothing about summ and total. the first act in stopoong the
turbine was to open the bypass valve. Ask Rick he really knows about
steam plants. Let me remind you of what you said in your usual sneering
tone:


"Please tell me what ships you've steamed where the engine could be
stopped by "opening a steam bypass valve." Also please tell me where the
steam is bypassed to... are you suggesting dumping main steam directly
into the condenser? "


Another point I'd like you to explain is how do you stop the engine and
not the shaft. Push in the clutch, maybe?



It was you who is quoting a psia figure and confusing it with psi.



No confusion at all. The pressure is exactly as I stated it. It was you
who claimed that the oiperating pressure was 11 psi(a). (Which is wrong
anyway you look at it). All I was doing was quoting data that you said
was wrong because somehow you know more about the Titanic plant and how
it works than anyone else. Strange that you don't know that steam bypass
vlaves are standard in multiple engine plants... Maybe they never let
you run the engines on the ship you served on.


Cheers