Is it possible to heat water to 120 degrees?
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The owner has provided the process parameters: it’s a heat exchanger used to heat tap water with steam, with the requirement that the tap water temperature reach 120. Is it feasible to achieve such a high final water temperature? Please give me lots of advice.
Sure, but in that case the heat exchanger will become an evaporator
It’s fine as long as there is no flash space.
It should be related to the pressure corresponding to the saturation temperature; it should be possible to determine the state under certain conditions. For reference.
If water remains in a liquid state after heating, the outlet pressure of the water must be greater than 0.1 MPaG
As long as the pressure is sufficient, 120°C is no problem.
Sure, saturated steam – heating and pressurization
With sufficient pressure, the water temperature can theoretically reach an unimaginably high level
Of course. This is the temperature commonly used for high-temperature sterilization. There just needs to be pressure in the pipeline.
It depends on your parameters; to reach 120 degrees, your operating pressure needs to be high enough, exceeding the saturation pressure of water at 120 degrees.