Talk:Evaporator (marine)

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Nonsensical units

Despite this, a large warship could still require up to 100 tons of fresh water makeup to the feedwater system, when under full power.

This sentence makes no sense: does it require those 100 tons of water per hour, day or month? I don't have access to the reference, so can't verify (I guess it's a day). I'd appreciate if someone with access to the reference would do that.

84.73.73.18 (talk) 09:31, 12 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

press or suck?

"The plant may operate at either a low pressure or slight vacuum, according to design."

However you design it, are those not the same thing, a pressure above atmospheric is best described as just that, if that is meant? Midgley (talk) 22:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]