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Condensate recovery

Condensate recovery

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Getting condensate back to the boiler house is key to sustainable operations. This section looks at pipe sizing and layout for drain lines, discharge lines, and pumped lines. Lift, backpressure, and the reduction of costs by using flash steam are also covered.

Introduction to Condensate Recovery

Why condensate recovery and return are useful, saving energy costs, reducing environmental discharges, and keeping water treatment costs down. Covers calculations for potential savings.

Layout of Condensate Return Lines

A fully-illustrated, detailed look at the design and layout of condensate return pipework. This includes the effect of trap types used, how different pressures impact the system, and the discharge of condensate into flooded mains.

Sizing Condensate Return Lines

How to size condensate lines to and from steam traps, with examples and formulae needed using the condensate pipe sizing chart.

Pumping Condensate from Vented Receivers

This comprehensive introduction covers pumping terminology, the operation, application and various benefits of electric centrifugal and mechanical condensate pumps. There are sizing examples for both pumps and pump discharge lines.

Flash Steam

What is flash steam, how much is available, how it can be recovered, controlling flash steam, and its applications.

Lifting Condensate and Contaminated Condensate

Here we look at moving condensate to a higher level return line, and ways to cope with contaminated condensate.

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