location of control valve
location of control valve
(OP)
Hi,
are there any guidelines as to where to install the control valve in the steam line to reboiler? should it be installed in the inlet or rather in the condensate outlet line??
Any idea what the pros and cons will be??
Thanks
are there any guidelines as to where to install the control valve in the steam line to reboiler? should it be installed in the inlet or rather in the condensate outlet line??
Any idea what the pros and cons will be??
Thanks





RE: location of control valve
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RE: location of control valve
If you put the control valve in the condensate outlet line, you will partially flood the reboiler. This reduces the effective area available for heat transfer, and the heat transferred is correspondingly reduced.
HTH,
Doug
RE: location of control valve
RE: location of control valve
sometimes also economics is considered, the steam side control valve size is bigger than on condensate side.
regards,
roker