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  1. bonair

    What is this thing on a deaerator?

    My vote is for a chemical quill for injecting treatment chemicals to "polish" deaereated water. The compression coupling can be loosened and the quill pulled back behind the isolation valve, then the valve shut. This gives you the ability to replace the quill or clean the holes that get...
  2. bonair

    Pallet Bolier in bigger capacities

    You are speaking of a relatively small boiler. Since you seem to be looking for a heating boiler, I suggest you contact a reliable local HVAC boiler representative with your specific requirements. There are many boiler manufacturers that should be able to easily fit your application. 600000...
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    Need air @ 600-800 PSI, 1000+C ...

    I agree with the comments about getting an engineer with experience in gas compression, heating, and safely handling high pressure gases. You need to very specifically define your requirements (flow, pressures, temperature, temperature control, duration of flow, quality of air, etc.) as a first...
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    Bottom Blowdown - Required Flow

    ASME BPV code has strict requirements for bottom blow off piping, valves, etc. as steamdog stated in his comment. Last year I had a client who wanted to capture top blow down and bottom blow off from a fire-tube in a common pressure-rated tank and then send it for use in a process rather than...
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    Insulate the DA Tank?

    With no insulation you are losing heat and condensing steam (losing money to fuel), thus requiring more steam from system to keep DA full and hot (losing system capacity). Treat it as any steam vessel or pipe. Unless you want to lose heat and condense steam, insulate it. Also, the boiler room...

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