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Combustion Efficiency: Fuel-Air Ratio, Best Practice No. 8

August 8, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 8, COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY - FUEL AIR RATIO Achieving Fuel Cost Savings of 1.75% or More Combustion efficiency is an overlooked area for improving a steam system’s overall thermal cycle

Best Practice No. 7 – Steam Balance

August 7, 2017

1. What Is Steam Balancing?

Creating and maintaining a steam balance is the most efficient way to gain knowledge of all aspects of a plant’s steam system, such as

Back Pressure Steam Turbine – Best Practice No. 6

August 6, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 6

1. STEAM BACK-PRESSURE TURBINES

Steam turbines are one of the oldest and most versatile prime mover technologies still used in industry to drive electric generators, pumps, fans, and

Steam Valve Inspection and Testing – Best Practice No. 5

August 5, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 5

STEAM VALVE TESTING PROCEDURES

Steam valves installed in plants create a perplexing problem: determining whether the valve has internal leakage. Internal steam valve leakage is one of the

Steam Trap Station Management – Best Practice No. 4

August 4, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 4

SUCCESSFUL STEAM TRAP MANAGEMENT

With today’s energy costs and demand for production reliability, it is extremely important to have a proactive steam trap station management program included with

Condensate Pumping Systems – Best Practice No. 3

August 3, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 3

Why Have CONDENSATE Pumps?

In gravity type systems the condensate lines do not have the pressure to flow the condensate back to the boiler operation; therefore there is

Condensate Pumping System Design – Best Practice No. 2

August 2, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 2

Selecting the Correct Pumping System

Capacity required

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Tank sizing

Flash steam, neglect of the steam system
Required discharge pressure
NPSH required due to the

Condensate Recovery, Advantages of Returning Condensate – Best Practice No. 1

August 1, 2017

BEST PRACTICE NO. 1

1. ADVANTAGES OF RETURING CONDENSATE

Condensate Steam is comprised of two types of energy; latent and sensible energy. When steam is supplied to a process application (heat exchanger, coil,