condensate flash
condensate flash
[′kän·dən‚sāt ‚flash] (chemical engineering)
Partial evaporation (flash) of hot condensed liquid by a stepwise reduction in system pressure, the hot vapor supplying heat to a cooler evaporator step (stage).
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