×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

steam superheater

steam superheater

steam superheater

(OP)
Anyone have experience specifying a superheater to supply steam to a process evaporator? Specifically, this plant runs their main boilers at 150 psig to meet the sporadic (2-4 times per hour for a few minutes) demand of the evaporator. Would like to run lower pressure and use dedicated equipment that can respond to need. Can a localized superheater fill that requirement. Any recommended suppliers with experience?

Thanks   

RE: steam superheater

Why do you want superheat when using it for an evaporator?

RE: steam superheater

You don't want superheated steam in a heat exchanger. Superheat is sensible heat, and you'll have to use THAT up before you get to where the real action is - the latent heat given up when the saturated steam condenses. With superheated steam, your heat exchanger will behave very much like it's airbound.

RE: steam superheater

What's the temperature level you need in the evaporator ? What H/E surface is available to evaporate ?

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources