To all who responded to my query on preheating deaerator(boiler) feed water with waste steam, thanks. They are useful, especially the discussion on potential corrsion to the deaerator vessel and pipe work.
I still think preheating the feed water above its boiling point(say 110 oC) and then let...
Our company has signed a pledge to reduce energy consumption. I am looking at using waste steam to pre-heat the feed water to the deaerator. I undertand that there is a general belief of a maximum temperature limit- about 20 oC temperature difference between the incoming feed water and the...
