Can we have condensate in a superheated steam line?. I run a 300 psi superheated steam line that was sufficiently trapped and partly insulated. One of my service guys shut all the traps and the next day the whole line was full of water. Then somebody told my operator that the water was not as a...
I installed a 1-1/2" Sierra flowmeter in our system that operates on 95 psi pressure and about 110 pounds per hour. The operating limits for the meter is at velocity of min 10 feet per second and maximum of 300 feet per second. After a month of operation the meter failed and the meter cavity was...
Can somebody tell me the thermal conductivity of soil or any approximate k-value for soil (clay).Is there any formula I could use to compute this, or any formula for the heat loss for buried pipes, given the depth of the pipe, pipe size and steam temperature.
We deliver steam as if your life...
My summer steam losses (low load)are much higher than my winter losses (20% higher) under the same operating pressure but lower load. I thought my losses should be lower since my load is much lower in the summer (from 220,000 pph to 90,000 pph) at the same pressure of 100 psi. Can somebody...
I need to establish a standard for expansion joints and Anchors for steam distribution application, for pressures up to 250 psi. Currently, we use HYSPAN slip-type expansion joints, I don't want bellows for this application. I need as much opinion as possible, with the relative merits of HYSPAN...
