🔍 Key Concepts

• Function of an air ejector aftercondenser in a steam plant • What happens when cooling water leaks into the steam side through tube leaks • Purpose of atmospheric drain tanks vs contaminated drain inspection tanks

💭 Think About

• Think about where the leaking fluid would actually go if the aftercondenser tubes fail and how that affects condensate systems • Ask yourself which tank is designed to receive possible oil- or seawater-contaminated drains versus normal atmospheric drains • Consider which of the listed options is a result of serious tube leaks, rather than a possible cause of them

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which tank in the options is specifically associated with contaminated condensate or drains • Verify the normal flow path of drains from the air ejector aftercondenser under normal operation • Check which answer choices describe effects that are more likely to be upstream causes (like dirty steam) rather than downstream consequences of tube leakage