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← ScienceWhich risk increases when a steam turbine in a Rankine cycle operates with wet steam?
A)Reduced thermal efficiency overall
B)Erosion from water droplet formation✓
C)Overheating of the condenser tubes
D)Uncontrolled increase system backpressure
💡 Explanation
Erosion risk increases due to the mechanism of liquid impingement. Water droplets strike turbine blades at high speed, causing surface fatigue because momentum transfer erodes the metal, rather than maintaining designed vapor pressure as intended.
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