What is the nature of expanding steam to an extremely low pressure (high vacuum) in steam engines?

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30 Jan 2019
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Expanding steam to a very low pressure or high vacuum in steam engines is considered cost-effective because it improves the engine's efficiency by extracting more work from the steam.

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