Steam power plant. Steam propulsion ships
Summary
TLDRIn this educational video, John, a former U.S. Navy officer and engineer turned math teacher, explores the fascinating world of steam cycles on ships. He explains the process of how ships are propelled by steam, detailing the journey from boiler to turbine and back to condenser. The video serves as a basic introduction to the engineering principles behind maritime steam power, emphasizing the importance of treated water to prevent rust and the efficiency of the closed-loop system. John's real-world experience and passion for both engineering and mathematics make this an engaging and informative watch for anyone curious about the inner workings of ships and power plants.
Takeaways
- đą The video discusses the basic steam cycle used on board ships, with a focus on how ships are propelled through water.
- đ The presenter, John, has a background as a U.S. Navy officer and engineer, providing a unique perspective on the topic.
- đ The principles explained in the video apply not only to maritime technology but also to basic power plants that produce electricity on land.
- đ„ The steam cycle begins with a boiler, which functions similarly to a large pot of water being heated on a stove, producing steam.
- đ§ The process involves heating water to create steam, which is then used to drive turbines, and the cycle is repeated by converting the steam back into water.
- đ§ Steam is incredibly powerful, and the video emphasizes the importance of safety measures when operating steam-powered systems.
- â»ïž The video explains the importance of recapturing and reusing the water used in the steam cycle due to its chemical treatment, which prevents rust and damage to the boiler.
- đĄïž The steam produced is initially saturated or wet, and it is further heated to become superheated or dry steam, which is safer and more efficient for use in turbines.
- đ The steam passes through high-pressure and low-pressure turbines, with the exhaust from the low-pressure turbines being condensed back into water.
- đ© The main reduction gear, likened to a transmission, is used to reduce the speed of the turbine rotation to a level suitable for turning the ship's propeller.
Q & A
What is the primary focus of the video presented by John from Taba class math?
-The primary focus of the video is to explain the basic steam cycle used on board ships, particularly in the context of U.S. Navy vessels.
Why does John, a math teacher, discuss steam cycles on ships?
-John discusses steam cycles on ships because he has a background as a U.S. Navy officer and engineer, where he applied his math and engineering skills, and he finds the topic enjoyable and relevant to his educational content.
What percentage of ships at sea might be propelled by steam according to John's estimate?
-John estimates that about 50% of the ships at sea might be propelled by steam.
What are the different types of power plants John mentions as alternatives to steam on ships?
-John mentions diesel engines and gas turbines as alternatives to steam power plants on ships, comparing diesel engines to those in large trucks and gas turbines to jet engines.
How does John describe the power of steam in the context of ship propulsion?
-John describes the power of steam as massive and dangerous, emphasizing its potential to move large ships through the water at significant speeds.
What is the purpose of piping steam back through the boiler after it has been generated?
-The purpose of piping steam back through the boiler is to superheat it, which involves removing any remaining water to create dry steam, enhancing its power for propulsion.
Why is it critical to remove moisture from the steam before it enters the turbine?
-Removing moisture from the steam is critical because water droplets can damage the turbine blades, potentially causing serious mechanical failure and dangerous situations.
What is the role of the condenser in the steam cycle process on a ship?
-The condenser's role is to cool down the steam back into water, or condensate, after it has passed through the turbines, allowing for the water to be reused in the steam generation process.
Why is chemically treated water necessary in the boiler of a steam-powered ship?
-Chemically treated water is necessary to prevent rust and oxidation in the boiler, which would otherwise damage the equipment and could lead to catastrophic failures.
How does the de-rating feature in the DFT (de-rating feed tank) contribute to the steam cycle process?
-The de-rating feature in the DFT contributes to the steam cycle by removing oxygen from the condensate, which is a major cause of rust and boiler damage, ensuring the water is suitable for reuse in the boiler.
Outlines
đą Introduction to Basic Steam Cycle on Ships
John, a former U.S. Navy officer and engineer, introduces the topic of the basic steam cycle used on ships. He explains the relevance of his math and engineering background to understanding these systems and how they are not only used on ships but also in power plants for electricity generation. John aims to provide viewers with a basic understanding of the steam cycle systems that propel large ships through water, highlighting the efficiency and power behind these mechanisms.
đ„ The Power of Steam and Boilers
The paragraph delves into the power of steam as a driving force, using the analogy of a boiling pot on a stove. It discusses the size and scale of shipboard boilers, which are massive and capable of producing steam at high pressures. John emphasizes the potential danger of steam and the importance of safety measures when operating such powerful machinery. The boiler's function is described, including the water drums and tubes that heat the water to produce steam, with the heat source beingçæČč, such as diesel or jet fuel.
đ Transforming Water into Superheated Steam
This section explains the process of turning water into superheated steam, which is essential for the steam cycle. After the initial production of wet steam in the boiler, the steam is passed through the boiler again to remove any remaining water, resulting in superheated or dry steam. This steam is at a high pressure, around 700 psi, and is ready to be used to drive the turbines. The importance of removing moisture from the steam to prevent damage to the turbines is also highlighted.
đ§ The Steam Cycle: Turbines and Reducing Speed
The paragraph describes how the superheated steam is used to drive high-pressure turbines, which spin at extremely high speeds. The exhaust steam from these turbines is then used to drive low-pressure turbines, further capturing the energy before the steam's energy is spent. The main reduction gear, likened to a transmission, is introduced to reduce the speed of the turbines to a level suitable for turning the ship's propeller. The paragraph also touches on the potential damage to turbines from water droplets and the need for dry steam.
đ Completing the Steam Cycle: Condensation and Reuse
The final part of the steam cycle is discussed, where the exhausted steam from the low-pressure turbines is converted back into water in a condenser. The condenser uses seawater to cool the steam, turning it into condensate. The importance of using chemically treated water to prevent rust and damage to the boiler is emphasized. The condensate is then pumped through a de-rating feat tank to remove oxygen and treated with chemicals before being sent back to the boiler to start the cycle anew.
đ Wrapping Up and Inviting Further Learning
John concludes the video by summarizing the basic steam cycle and its applications both at sea and onshore in power plants. He invites viewers to explore more about the topic and to consider the efficiency and power of these systems. He also promotes his website, tabletclass.com, for those interested in learning mathematics and hints at the possibility of more non-mathematical videos in the future. The call to action includes subscribing to his YouTube channel for more content.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄSteam Cycle
đĄBoiler
đĄSuperheated Steam
đĄTurbine
đĄMain Reduction Gear
đĄCondenser
đĄChemically Treated Water
đĄDeaerator (DFT)
đĄFeed Water
đĄPropeller
Highlights
Introduction to the basic steam cycle used on board ships
Relevance of math and engineering in understanding steam cycles
Estimation that about 50% of ships at sea are propelled by steam
Explanation of diesel engines as an alternative to steam propulsion
Description of gas turbine engines used in some ships
Overview of the steam cycle process starting with the boiler
Importance of superheated steam in the steam cycle
Safety considerations when operating steam-powered ships
Use of marine fuel to produce heat for the boiler
Conversion of water to saturated steam in the boiler
Process of superheating steam to remove moisture
Function of high-pressure turbines in the steam cycle
Role of low-pressure turbines in capturing remaining steam energy
Necessity of using chemically treated water to prevent rust in boilers
Description of the condenser's role in converting steam back to water
Importance of the de-rating feat tank in preparing feed water for the boiler
Completion of the steam cycle with the main feed pump
Efficiency of the basic steam cycle in maritime and onshore power plants
Invitation to learn more about mathematics with the presenter's online courses
Transcripts
hello this is John from Taba class math
and in this particular video we're gonna
look at the basic steam cycle on board
ships so you first might be wondering
well why is this math guy talking about
steam cycles on board ships so good
question well in a former life I
actually was a u.s. Navy officer and
engineer on one of these ships and we're
really gonna be a chance to use my math
degree and you know that kind of
analytical skills are developed in
mathematics and engineering field so
that carried me forward when I left the
service actually went into chemical
engineering so it's a really enjoyable
topic I just like engineering electric
so you know chances are if you're
interested in math you like engineering
in the course of an engineer you likely
enjoy math but the goal of this video is
to give you know anybody who's
interested of real basic appreciation of
the systems involved to actually prepare
propel a ship like this for example
through the water and that's pretty
amazing when you think about it
so anyways we'll talk about that more in
a second but first of all let's just
talk about ships in general ok and by
the way before we get going what I'm
going to talk about in terms of the
engineering here applies much more than
just shipboard technology a lot of what
we're talking about is how basic power
plants run to produce electricity you
know you know in your local state or
community as well so hopefully if you
got a few minutes you're gonna
definitely learn something if you have
no clue on how these things work so I'm
gonna keep it simple but just
interesting enough where you walk away
with some good knowledge all right so
let's go ahead and start here so let's
take a look at this ship this is a US
Navy and Phoebus ship now this
particular ship is propelled by a steam
plan ok now not all ships run on steam
and I don't know what the particular
breakdown is but oh I probably venture
to guess that all the ships out at sea
maybe like 50 percent I could be totally
wrong here but I don't think I'm that
far off
maybe like say 50% are propelled by
steam so that leads us to the next
question well if they're not run off a
steam plant
you know these ships don't go through
the water via a steam plant well how
else do they work and I would say the
breakdown and I'm just kind of making
these numbers up per se but let's just
kind of do it this way 25 percent 25
percent and this might be off as well
but yeah I don't think these numbers are
too dramatically off but anyway so let's
get to it so that's a maybe half the
vessels out there or operate on steam
the other half is composed of diesel
okay diesel engines just like a big Mack
truck running big huge and gigantic
diesel engines and then the other
portion would be gas turbine and that's
basically like a jet engine you know
things that make your 747s go they
pretty much take a couple of those
engines right off you've got to think of
the right off the wing of an airliner
and stick them in a ship and pretty much
that is the main power plant source so
this is clearly an oversimplification
for those you out there that are
directly in the field or you know are
experts in this you know because of your
background but for those of you have no
clue about this stuff this will give you
a pretty good idea so that's pretty much
it and then you know I'm sure there's
other powerplant source of course we
have a wind out there when we talk about
us sailboats but anyways these large
huge vessels you know you're talking you
know maybe like 30,000 tons you know
moving through the water that's that's a
pretty massive feat you know to be able
to have the power to push something like
this around and maybe say 20 knots which
is pretty good and it's little bit over
20 miles an hour so let's go ahead and
talk about this now how does this work
so I'm gonna focus just on the steam
cycle and and here we go
so this is the steam cycle and I'm gonna
walk you through it step-by-step okay
and it's take a few minutes but once we
get done with this I think you have a
real appreciate
how basic steam plant works okay all
right so let's go ahead and start here
with the boiler all right so just think
of a pot of water on your stove alright
or a boiler that produces heat for your
house you know essentially what we're
doing is taking water and we're heating
it up okay that's what we're doing so
this box here with the two round circles
inside its gonna represent our boiler so
all these other little lines and
schematics just kind of ignore all that
for now now let's just focus on the
boiler so essentially kind of think of
it as a big pot of water that we're
heating up right now we're going to
produce what's steam
okay steam is going to be our source of
power now for those of you who really
want to get an appreciation of steam
I'll tell you I just can't stress this
enough of how powerful steam is just go
ahead and you know well I'm not
recommending this but I'm sure everybody
probably has an experience of having a
some water or something else boiling on
the stove with the with the cap you know
or the lid on top of the water and let's
kind of scope here right so you have
your little lid and here your your
little fires going away now steam
starting to come up right and you lift
that lid up and steam comes out and it's
hot and I mean it really wants to go
steam is massively massively power so
you think about the kind of energy
that's being produced with these boilers
and by the way these borders that we're
talking about we're talking like
two-story maybe even sometimes larger
sized boilers like so like here's a
person in relationship to the size
deployer we're talking pretty big
massive boilers so that's the kind of
power that we need to produce to to move
you know twenty thirty thousand tons you
know through the water at at 20 miles an
hour plus so anyways so steam big-time
powerful and along with that extremely
extremely dangerous and I don't want to
kind of go you know take too many
tangents here in this basic lesson but
it's real serious safety business when
you're operating one of these plants
for those you out there who've been
there done that you've worked in power
plants especially steam plants I'm sure
you have all kinds of stories to tell
about you know when things go wrong you
know bad things happen for sure so
anyways so that's steamed okay and the
appreciation for it but it's kind of get
into the the boiler here a bit so you
can see here I'm representing it
representing the boiler by two circles
okay
and essentially maritime borders this is
different types but this is a kind of a
common type they just basically have
water in two drums and okay this is
actually called the water drum down here
and and then these lines represent tubes
that kind of go up from this big drum
okay and kind of think of me as by even
about this size and this is you know for
you out there who have actually done
this like I said this is totally off
this is really oversimplified but just
think of it this is a big cylinder big
big water drum that's what it's called
and these water tubes are connect up
here and there just to band the water
essentially fills up to another big drum
and this is called the steam drum this
drum here okay so you have water you
know if you can think of it that you
fill it up water and it's kind of like
floated down through here fill this up
that's pretty much what we got now this
is kind of our setup of our boiler now
the orange and the red here represents
you know fire heat everyone want to call
it and that's produced on board Navy
ships now I'm gonna speak about the Navy
and I'm sure it's pretty much the same
way now they use a different combination
of things they use like say jet fuel DFM
diesel fuel marine they can even use jp5
or like what's that was like jet fuel
that's not so common you're gonna use
some sort of marine fuel and I don't
want to go too much into the boiler but
essentially that fuel gets atomized okay
I kind of think if it gets sprayed in to
the boiler and there's a heat source and
that fires just kind of gets going I
mean think of it as a massive furnace
that that's producing you know
just intense intense heat so that's
pretty much how we fuel the fire for the
boiler so we're using some sort of
diesel fuel marine type of thing now
back in the good old days I'm probably
talking I don't know 4050 years ago they
would use oil okay
and I think they call a black oil and
I'm sure some of you here that really
know this stuff please comment on a
YouTube video I'd love to get your
feedback on on your experiences but they
would use this other oil black oil for
example and you know you would really
create a lot of sittin you'd see these
ships and kind of go to my ship here
they would be like just bellowing Pig
you know black smoke you know and you
you see those older movies like the
Titanic and stuff you see just you know
tons of black smoke that's the fuel they
were using and you know as we've gotten
more efficient you know you just won't
see that so much all right so here's our
border it's our heat source right we're
spraying in some sort of diesel fuel
marine we're kind of atomizing it kind
of like spraying it like a spray can and
it's burning just nice and toasty here
we have our water and these tubes okay
right here are getting hot obviously
right and it's creating steam okay so
our steam is kind of like bubbling up
through these tubes and eventually it's
gonna escape peer and our steam drum
alright so this is where we're gonna
kind of continue this process forward so
now that we got steam here I'll put it
right here steam okay this is I mean
this is very very powerful steam at this
stage the game and it's what we call a
saturated steam okay or wet steam okay
so the steam is coming out and no it's
all dependent on your boiler types but
you could be coming out of the boiler
yeah let's say it may be 700 psi okay
and it could be a little bit off but but
my memory serves you're correct this is
pretty pretty close to what it could be
that's just ridiculously powerful and
dangerous stuff so there's all kinds of
safety devices on on boilers
relief valves etc so you know we don't
blow the boiler up and everybody you
know uh you know anywhere near it as
well but this particular steam it's not
the steam that we're gonna use in our
engine yet because it's saturated steam
in other words if you you know of course
when you feel steam you know if you
microwave some water and you put your
hand over you feel steam coming up but
you also have that condensation or the
wetness to it so what we want to do is
get all the water out of the steam least
the best we can and I'll tell you the
reason why in a second so anyways we're
gonna take this steam and we're gonna
here kind of follow my you see if I can
use a different color
so we're gonna follow take the steam
okay it's out of the steam drum now
we're going what we're gonna do is we're
going to take that pipe if you will and
we're gonna pipe it back through the
boiler again now why did we do that well
we're kind of heating up the steam and
the reason we're doing that is to get
any last little bit of water out of the
way okay we want to make this team as
waterless you know if you will because
and by the way at this point of the game
unless we have the steam went through
the boiler or and I'm gonna talk about
the the water tubes here I'm talking
about the heat source
what we have is superheated steam okay
and that's that's serious business there
okay so now we have our superheated
steam which we would call for lack of
better terms dry steam okay and now that
is our punch this is the power right so
here this superheated steam this is huge
power that we just created and now we're
gonna do something with it and that's
the whole idea so this is kind of a the
steam generator if you will and we
generated this superheated steam now
what we're gonna do and now remember I'm
talking about a basic steam cycle on
board ships but this would be applicable
to even a power plant out at sea the
whole idea or city a power plant on on
land the whole endgame here is to turn a
shaft now here's my shaft here and
that's on my little representation of a
propeller you know pushing the ship
through the ocean but this shaft here
could be turning a generator and that's
basically what happens on land when
you're you're you know um you know
creating electricity okay so that's the
end game to make something turn okay our
shaft is going to turn either a
generator or turn a propeller or
whatever you want it to turn so how does
this work well now that we have our
superheated steam what we're gonna first
do is put it through a high-pressure
turbine so you can see here I have
turbines and this and this represent our
turbines and turbines now you kind of
think of this as a jet engine
essentially and that's what it is it's a
series of fan blades and once again
total over simplification but but close
enough to what really happens to give
you an idea so here's like these fan
blades you got this
superheated high-pressure steam that's
going to come through and it's gonna you
know go into this chamber kind of just
think of it almost like a jet engine if
you will and it's kind of turn that jet
engine it's gonna spin it around or turn
the fan blades mechanism and it's going
to you know spin spin spin now what it's
doing is spinning the shaft and I'll
talk about this in a second and that's
connected to this MRG at some
transmission if you will but just will
hold that thought for a second so once
we've put this superheated steam
high-pressure steam through this
high-pressure turbine now you know the
steam you know has spun this thing but
it's kind of like okay you know think of
I'm kind of like talking like if I was
steam for a second I'm like all right
well I've turned you so I'm a little
less powerful I'm a little less tired or
I'm tired you know tired or well that's
a little power because I just got done
turning these big fan blades but it's
still pretty seriously powerful okay so
what we're gonna do is we're gonna
continue to capture the steam energy
okay we still have a tremendous amount
of energy to capture and we're going to
use is this exhaust if you will off the
high pressure turbines and we're going
to
and another set of blades okay this is
our low-pressure turbine okay so we're
going to be capturing two turbines and a
low pressure turbines shaft here it's
also connected to the main reduction
gear now the main reduction gear is
essentially the transmission if you will
okay and I don't want to get too far
into exist videos will take a long time
but it's just a bunch of gears just like
a transmission you get a couple pinions
here that are just turning spinning this
whole thing and you know you're taking
really super fast turning mechanisms you
know I put rpm here these things I don't
even want to guess how fast they're
attorney but they're turning extremely
fast and the whole idea is you got to
take that and you got to reduce that
speed down step it down until you can
turn a shaft okay and our propeller to
the ocean trust me a ship's propeller is
definitely not turning you know 6,000
rpm these are these big huge ships
they're probably going and oh I don't
know maybe no no probably a hundred
fifty two hundred something like that I
could be off but I think that's probably
pretty much in in terms o of course it
depends on what speed you want the ship
to go but you can get the kind of idea
let's say it's a couple hundred rpm it's
definitely not thousands of RPM a second
all right so let's let's just kind of
like stop here and quickly review so we
got our boiler our steam generator right
so we're taking this water we're
creating first saturated in or wet steam
we're taking our steam or piping it back
through our boiler to get all the water
out to make it super heated steam we're
gonna pipe it through our turbines now a
little bit about the the wet steam now
the reason why I said it's you know it's
really critical that we get any moisture
out is when the energy here that we're
gonna introduce into this high-pressure
turbine okay and there are both of these
turbines if by any chance you get a
little water droplet and then we just
draw some water droplets like this okay
at the power that we're talking about
these little tiny droplets can actually
act as almost like grenade sort of like
rocks that we would throw in and it
wouldn't knock off these these bamboo
lates that's bad bad bad okay they can
actually you know damage the turban and
actually just you know ruin the whole
thing and actually have an explosion if
you will because these fan blades would
just get destroyed it's almost like um
maybe this is not the perfect analogy
but it's like when airplanes fly and
they get what they call bird strike like
a bird will go through the engine okay
and it will damage you know actually
shut the engine down kind of the same
idea with the saturation you go in there
and you're really risking you know
messing everything up and causing a
dangerous situation so that's why we
really need this super heated dry steam
alright so here at this point of the
game we have our steam and what through
high pressure turbines were capturing
the exhaust of that through low pressure
turbines we're reducing the speed of
those turbines down through a
transmission if you will call the main
reduction gears and then we're turning
our shaft to suspend a propeller in the
water alright so this is um this is kind
of the first half of the game okay now
what we are going to talk about is the
second half then with a remember this is
called the basic steam cycle which means
we're going to kind of have a closed
loop system here so once our exhaust
once we're done with the low-pressure
turbine our steam is pretty much pretty
pretty tired at that point we're saying
okay you got me turning these turbines
and yeah all the energy for the most
part is is you know expelled we used it
up in our turbines in our reduction
gears etc but what we want to do is take
that steam okay at this point this tired
steam and turn it back into water and
repeat the cycle so let's talk about
that
so this steam is going to when it comes
out of the low-pressure turbine we're
gonna put it into another big vessel
okay and these are kind of like
cylinders tanks if you will and this is
called the condenser and it's basically
you know like condensing
let's say take your steam right and put
a cold mirror over it and you'll see
water form right because because it's
condensing we're just taking the steam
cooling it down back into water so
remember we're still talking about h2o
okay you know if we heat it up we get
steam you know if we cool it down we'd
get water right so this is basically
what we're gonna do we're gonna cool
this steam down to get water then the
technical term for this water is called
condensate and so this represents
condensate and I'll talk a little bit
about how we cool this down but one of
the things that you might be asking is
well why are why do we care about you
know capturing this water again why
don't we just have like a you know an
endless water source to fill up this you
know steam drum why don't we just you
know pipe in a way not a water hose but
maybe just take some water from the
ocean and stick it in there and you know
why don't we really care about capturing
the water and using it again well great
question if you were thinking that and
the reason is is this water okay that we
use for our steam process
is you know very dumb here specifically
it's chemically treated water you just
can't use regular water because you can
really really really damage the boiler
okay let's suppose I used um let's say
sea water if you will or or any old just
run-of-the-mill untreated water if you
will in this steam drum process what's
gonna happen is because you're creating
steam you would you would you're gonna
go through what they call oxidation
you're going to rust
you're gonna rust out this boiler in a
matter of hours and actually that's
happened where you know engineers for
one reason or another got lost their way
on to what what the water specs were
specifications for what was going on in
a boiler and you can have oxidation
going on and you can rust out tubes okay
rusting can occur and you we all know
what happens when think about aluminum
or steel when it rust okay way it gets
weak and then eventually have holes
and believe me the last place you want
to have any little pinholes or rusting
or weaknesses is around something with
700 psi steam okay so very very
dangerous so we have to be extremely
cautious on having water such that it's
treated to reduce rusting okay and once
again this is an oversimplification but
I think it catch up so the the gist from
an engineering standpoint okay so that's
why we want to recapture this water
remember be for using chemicals it's
treated so we don't want to just like
continue that on that would be very
expensive and really inefficient so
that's what we have the steam cycle all
right so here's our condenser and we're
gonna take the steam we're gonna cool it
down back into condensate now how do we
do that
now here but essentially we have this
big series of pipes that run through
this vessel okay this vessel we call
condenser and it's basically just a big
tank that we're gonna that fills up take
steam it fills up with water and here we
can use seawater okay because it's not
going to touch the steam it's all it's
gonna be touching is the cold pipe okay
so think of it as a pipe that we run
seawater through and and so here you got
just seawater we dumped it back out at
sea but it's nice cold pipe so when that
steam hits it it turns into condensate
ins that's kind of the conversation so
now we're esteemed now we're back to
condensate we're back to to water kind
of the pre phase before it goes the
boiler so this condensate gets pumped
this is just a condensate pump here it's
low CP so we're gonna pump this
condensate and those some kind of comets
ain't not water and we're gonna pipe it
over to here to the DFT now the DFT is
called the de-rating feat tang so what's
the deal with this well this is kind of
like our feed water alright that we're
going to feed the boiler okay we're
going to come back up here and start the
process again and this is where the chem
the water gets you know tweaked if you
will you know we we're really testing to
make sure that
the water the water before we sent to
the boiler is appropriate but the
de-rating part goes or it's a reference
to taking the air out of it okay and
that's one of the main reasons for the
rusting okay so the DA rating is kind of
like taking the oxygen any oxygen that
we picked up during this process out and
I'm not going to get into it too much
but essentially what happens is this
condensate gets splashes in this tank
here we just push it through as splashes
and we are essentially taking water and
smash into buckets of tank trying to
knock out oxygen molecules and then then
we kind of have a pure form of the
condensate down here and then what we do
we're kind of treating it with chemicals
and getting this water this feed water
just right and then here we have our
main feed pump okay
these are big huge pumps by the way that
come up and take this water and fill our
steam drum Orsini are one of our steam
drum and this is our water they're kind
of like floats down into our water drum
and the process repeats so and this is a
you know extremely efficient process now
you're losing a little bit of water
completely you're not capturing all the
steam 100% back into condensate and back
into water and doing it you're losing a
little bit so you do have to kind of
make up you know add a little bit of
water you know over time but this is the
basic steam cycle now I you know was
talking about this in terms of being out
to sea or a maritime situation but you
know this is pretty much it also on on
onshore okay like a power plan you know
this is pretty much it so in review we
had steam ok steam generator we had our
turbines right knee and the turbines
turned the main reduction gear which
turned our shaft then we use the exhaust
of that steam we finally you know used
all its energy we converted it back into
water or condensate through the
condenser and then we treated that water
where you di rated it in the DFT and
then treated
it along the way and put it back in our
boiler so anyways so that's pretty much
it I can kind of go on and on and on
I'll probably end up starting to tell
you
tons of Navy seas stories about what can
go wrong in these plants are very
interesting to run I'll tell you
something it's um you know I really have
an appreciation of and that's why you
know that's why I made the video so I
can I certainly know those you out there
who've worked in the field you know
especially been out at sea will get a
kick out of this video but those of you
that were just interesting you
definitely learned probably more than
you'll ever need to know about basic
steam cycle anyways listen to go to
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