On 02/08/2011 04:10 PM, P.J van Noorden wrote: > > > On January 15th 2011 the airpressure in Bologna about 1025 hPa ( High > pressure system) . At that airpressure water boils at 101 deg C. So > the higher temperature of the steam can be explained by the higher > airpressure and not be "superheated "steam.
Curiouser and curiouser! This means the steam temperature was only 0.6 C away from boiling. That's essentially exact. To hit it that close depends on the water flow rate *exactly* matching the power production. And there was no feedback controlling the water flow rate.