Design velocity for steam
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RE: Design velocity for steam
If your steam is dry and in the 2 to 30 bar range I think you would be very safe at 30-40 m/s. At the higher pressures the pressure drop may become limiting at these high velocities and therefore high mass fluxes.
In the sugar industry what they call "Vapor", which is basically steam below atmospheric pressure, is often sized for velocities around 50 m/s. Again, because there is not much pressure to play with, pressure drop may be more important.
If you know your steam is wet then drop down to 10 to 15 m/s.
I don't have my Crane 410 manual with me at present, but I'm sure it has a good table of typical velocities.
regards
Harvey
RE: Design velocity for steam
In the power industry, the velocity is usually based on limiting the pressure drop. Typical values may be to limit the pressure loss in the steam transfer pipes to 2.5% for HP main steam, 2% for hot reheat, 1.5% for cold reheat, etc. For a 200 ft lng pipe with 10 x 90 deg els the design velocity may be 200 fps.
In turbine bypass piping, noise and erosion are limiting factors. The bypass inlet pipe max velocity may be 325 fps ( to limit dynamic forces on bypass valve plug) and outlet velocity of 200 fps ( to limit erosion by wet steam from attemporator).
For simple drains dumping to flash tanks or condensers, an inlet velocity of 30% soundspeed ( mach=0.3) is typical.
For relief valve vent stacks, pressure drop governs to ensure the back pressure on the relief valve does not exceed permitted values.
RE: Design velocity for steam
For steam mains in 'normal' systems i.e. not superheated etc but say hospital distribution, then 25-30m/sec would be ok. For small branches, drop the speed to around 15m/sec. Noise can occur and higher pressure drops.
CIBSE also work on pressure factors where a reasonable circuit pressure drop is used, but velocity methods yield practical results.
Also be careful how yoy drain the condensate, and make sure the steam main falls in the direction of the pipe run and not against it.
Go to Spirax Sarco for info
spiraxsarco.com or .co.uk i think
Friar Tuck of Sherwood
RE: Design velocity for steam
Boiler & Turbine Leads: 9000 to 20000 ft/min
Extraction,Aux.&Exhaust lines: 6000 to 15000 ft/min
Low press, & Saturated Steam: 6000 to 10000 ft/min
Where the flow is steady the higher velocities can be used. If connected to reciprocating steam machinery where the flow is pulsating, lower velocities are required. The higher velocities are allowed with superheated steam, for saturated, lower velocities are required.
Hope this helps.
saxon
RE: Design velocity for steam
www.sugartech.co.za
I will leave searching the site to you to find the link to "fluid flow velocities".
rmw
RE: Design velocity for steam
There is an excellent, well worded FAQ dealing with saturated steam pipe sizing on this forum..
Did you read it ???
MJC
RE: Design velocity for steam
RE: Design velocity for steam
I did not read it. Where is it? There are possibly a thousand or more threads on the forum. Maybe a search function would be a good idea? If there is a search function then I do not know where to find it.
Marius
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RE: Design velocity for steam
RE: Design velocity for steam
Something that I did not make clear in my earlier post is that in the overwhelming majority of designs I would do my calculations on the basis of pressure drop first, and then check to see if the velocity criteria are met. Very rarely would I start with the velocity - if I were doing a very short pipe on a relief vent I would probably do it this way.
In the early stages of a project when you do not have run lengths you would use the velocity as a basis, but as the layout gets firmed up you should switch to rigorous pressure drop calcs. When we talk of an "economic" diameter it is basically a trade off between capital cost where small sizes are cheaper, and operating cost (ie pressure drop) where small sizes are more expensive. The velocity check is really just to ensure that you have selected a feasible solution to the economic problem.
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Marius
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RE: Design velocity for steam
The search function is at the very top of the page, right under the blue border that has the "eng-tips forum" logo in it. Click on the advanced search link at the far right of the search bar, and set up your search with the options given.
rmw
RE: Design velocity for steam
The magazine Chemical Engineering Progress of April 1991 -under the section Fluids/Solids Handling- brings a 4-page article by Art Heming (Spirax Sarco, Inc.) titled Prolong the Service Life of Steam Distribution Systems covering the subject in hand.
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