Savings through Knowledge

Site Map

- Steam timeline
- Steam facts – Believe it or not
- Steam – here and now
- What is steam?
- What is the difference between water and steam?
- Steam at Work - how is the heat in steam utilized?
- Why do we use steam?

2 English

- Temperature
- Pressure
- Terms and Definitions
- Quick reference
- Unit converter
- Examples

3 Physics

- Evaporation
- Boiling
- Saturation curve
- Enthalpy
- Steam tables and how to read them
- The bell curve – understanding the phase diagram of steam
- Examples
- FAQs

4 Maths

- Specific volume
- Calculating steam requirements – m cp ΔT
- Calculating Heat transfer – U A ΔT
- Piping
......Recommended Velocities
......Steam Pipe sizing
......Condensate line sizing
......Air Sizing
......Considerations in steam piping

5 Economics

- Heat saving calculation
- Cost of steam
- Cost of leaks
- Cost of condensate
- Cost of Flash

6 Boilogy

- Boiler Evolution
- Boiler classification
- Type of fuels
- Types of Boilers
- The 3PWB packaged boiler
- On the around a boiler
- Efficiency and losses
- Boiler controls
- F&A rating
- FAQs
- Glossary

7 Geography of a process plant

- Typical steam circuit
- Generation – the boiler house and its controls
- Distribution – piping steam to the plant
- Utilisation – heat transfer to the process
- Condensate return
- Pipeline accessories
- Typical steam using equipment

8 Chemistry

- Quality of steam
......Dry steam
......Steam and air don't mix
......Clean, clean steam
- Feed water quality
......Heating feedwater
......Deaeration
......Chemical dosing of feedwater
- TDS control
......The salt truck story
......Water softening and TDS
......High TDS, big problems
......Blowdown
......The need for Automatic Blowdown Control (ABCO)
- Combustion
......Burner
......Fire grate
......Boiler Turndown
......Excess Air