Flash Steam from Blowdown
Flash Steam from Blowdown
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Does boiler blowdown contain vapor? I always thought it was just hot condensate (liquid state) but when I keep hearing the "amount of vapor and liquid" in the blowdown line from steam drum going into the blowdown drum to recover the flash steam, it just confuses me. Can someone please explain? Why mention vapor in blowdown when all it is just hot condensate (in liquid state)?





RE: Flash Steam from Blowdown
Percentage of flash steam formed can be easily calculated:
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Commonly, steam boiler's water blowdown drained to a flash tank that should be properly designed for this purpose:
http://www.pennseparator.com/pbs6.htm
This topic has been widely discussed here on the forums:
thread794-184415: Boiler Blowdown Tank Capacity
thread378-171743: Blowdown study/sizing help
thread124-125547: FLASH VESSEL
thread292-124152: Flash Tank Sizing Standard
thread794-105012: Condensate Receiver Sizing
thread124-125878: Flash Vessel Sizing
thread124-163743: Condensate Flash Tank
thread124-150805: Multi-phase condensate/steam line sizing
thread794-125877: Flash Vessel Sizing