Energy released by condensing steam back to liquid water

[corydm]

Homework Statement

vaporized 19 kg of water and did not capture and condense it. It took 42.9 MJ to vaporize the water, how much energy did I lose from not condensing the steam?

Homework Equations

Latent Heat of Water = 2260kJ/kg

The Attempt at a Solution

Would the energy lost to not capturing the condensation be the equivalent to the energy needed to vaporize the water?

 

[mfb]

If your initial water was completely pure, directly at the boiling point and your process was 100% efficient, probably. I doubt that for realistic setups, especially the last part. Anyway, you don't have to care about that to find the answer.