If "E" is moved closer to the top of "B" as...

🔍 Key Concepts

• function of element E as a temperature-sensing bulb or bellows that responds to condensate temperature/steam presence • relationship between sensor position and where steam is allowed to enter or is shut off inside the heat exchanger • how moving a sensor closer to the steam side versus the condensate side changes the location of the steam/condensate interface (condensation point)

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• What part of the system does E actually "feel" when it is moved closer to the top of B – hotter incoming steam, or cooler condensate that has given up heat? • If the sensor feels hotter fluid sooner, will the control valve try to close earlier (closer to the steam inlet) or later (closer to the condensate outlet)? • Which of the choices would be a direct consequence of shifting the location where the control element senses temperature, without changing spring settings or supply pressure?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify clearly which side of the heat exchanger is the steam inlet and which is the condensate outlet in the drawing. • Trace the flow path of steam and condensate and mark mentally where the steam/condensate interface would be before and after moving E. • Confirm that nothing in the illustration indicates a change to the pressure set point mechanism (springs/adjusting screw), only a change in sensor position.

If "E" is moved closer to the top of "B" as shown in the illustration, the __________. See illustration GS-0002.

efficiency of the heat exchanger operation will be increased

point of condensation will be moved closer to the steam inlet of the heat exchanger

point of condensation will be moved closer to the condensate outlet of the heat exchanger

steam pressure set point will automatically be increased

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✅ Before You Answer