drip-pipe

Updated: May 7, 2025

The valve is intended to open and close instantly, and to supply or cut off steam from the second stage, without affecting the speed regulation or economy of operation. If any leaking occurs past the valve it is taken care of by a drip-pipe to the third stage.

Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins - Steam Turbines: A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of: the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers