15 psig steam boiler blowdown heat recovery-good idea??
15 psig steam boiler blowdown heat recovery-good idea??
(OP)
I have a 125 psig steam system that has a flash recovery vessel on the blowdown. The flash steam is sent to the deaerator.
During the summer months, the 125 psig system will be shut down and a 15 psig system will become active. Is it worth while to try to recover flash steam from 15 psig boiler blowdown? The deaerator runs at 5 psig, so it would probably work from a pressure standpoint. But, is it practical? It would be just as easy to dump the blowdown into the existing "hot well" where the high pressure blowdown goes after leaving the recovery vessel.
During the summer months, the 125 psig system will be shut down and a 15 psig system will become active. Is it worth while to try to recover flash steam from 15 psig boiler blowdown? The deaerator runs at 5 psig, so it would probably work from a pressure standpoint. But, is it practical? It would be just as easy to dump the blowdown into the existing "hot well" where the high pressure blowdown goes after leaving the recovery vessel.





RE: 15 psig steam boiler blowdown heat recovery-good idea??
good luck!
-pmover
RE: 15 psig steam boiler blowdown heat recovery-good idea??
There are many more BTU's available in the hot water portion of the blowdown if this is recoverable
RE: 15 psig steam boiler blowdown heat recovery-good idea??