This week, we're diving into the intricacies of high and low pressure condensate. Learn why it's crucial to keep them separated and their specific roles in steam systems. Safety notice: Always consult ...

Last month, I wrote about refrigeration design engineering being a lost skill. This month, I’m going to discuss another lost engineering skill: steam systems. When I started out at an HVAC consulting ...

Steam is a marvelous way to transport large amounts of energy effectively and economically. That is why Steam has been the cornerstone of campus, district heating, and process systems for the past two ...

Carbonic acid grooving of a condensate return line. Photo courtesy of ChemTreat, Inc. In Part 1 of this series, we examined methods to produce high-purity water for high-pressure power and ...

Steam distribution systems support manufacturing across a huge range of industries, from craft brewing to oil refining and most everything in between. Steam can carry enormous amounts of energy, and ...

One of the easiest ways for a business to reduce operating expenses is to increase boiler efficiency. A great place for a business to start lowering their bills is to look at recently performed boiler ...

Notwithstanding the effects of erosion due to wet steam acceleration through bends in the pipework, clean high-quality steam is not normally chemically corrosive in its gaseous state. But when steam ...

Food and beverage applications must meet a variety of process temperature and pressure control requirements to maintain the tight temperatures that ensure product quality and safety. Selecting the ...

In previous Power Engineering articles, we examined the importance of trace iron monitoring to determine the extent of carbon steel corrosion in heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) condensate and ...