Nav wrote:
... 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? "

And, as Rick confirmed, "opening a steam bypass valve" does not stop a
turbine. You have to open steam to the reverse element.

In other words, you were wrong, Navvie.



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

And I'm still waiting for an answer on that. Did the Titanic have a
clutch? How many large steamships have clutches such as you were talking
about in an earlier post?




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).

No, that's not what I said, which is why you're not producing another
exact quote.

.... you said
... you know more about the Titanic plant and how
it works than anyone else.

Actually, I never said any such thing at all. You must be confused....
again....



... Strange that you don't know that steam bypass
vlaves are standard in multiple engine plants...

Actually, they aren't. There is no bypass from the HP and/or IP turbine
directly into the condenser in any plant I've ever steamed, naval or
civilian. So, there may be many plants out there with such valves, but
they're certainly not standard.


... Maybe they never let
you run the engines on the ship you served on.

Maybe. Wanna bet? Oh wait, you don't pay when you lose. Never mind.

DSK