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Correspondingly, what is a throttling calorimeter?
An instrument utilizing the principle ofconstantenthalpy expansion for the measurement of the moisturecontent ofsteam; steam drawn from a steampipe through samplingnozzles entersthe calorimeter through a throttlingorifice andmoves into a well-insulated expansion chamber in whichitstemperature is measured.
Also asked, why is steam calorimeter used?
A separating and throttling calorimeter canbeused to determine the dryness fraction of steam inasystem. The steam is then passed through a throttlewhichdrops the pressure down to atmospheric, whereupon thesteamis condensed and collected for weighing.
A throttling process is defined asaprocess in which there is no change in enthalpy fromstateone to state two, h1 = h2; no work is done, W = 0; andtheprocess is adiabatic, Q = 0. An example of athrottlingprocess is an ideal gas flowing through a valve inmidposition.