Is it necessary to install a steam trap for superheated steam?
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Superheated steam at 3.81 MPa and 450 degrees, in an external pipe tray spanning approximately 280 meters – is it still necessary to install a steam trap?
Even if it’s not used normally, what if the vehicle is parked? Water supply and drainage systems are standard equipment
It is necessary, just in case
It is necessary to set it; there’s no need to say whether to use it or not.
The manual states that no setting is required, as superheated steam only produces condensate during preheating.
The design manual states that no condensate will be generated, and that is under normal operating conditions. But how is the condensate discharged at the beginning of steam introduction? It is necessary to install hydrophobic devices, and drift pipes also need to be installed at the end of the pipeline near the user.
We have them! Hydrophobicity is required when shutting down or referencing, but at the pipeline low point!
Since it is superheated steam, there will be no condensate water, so a steam trap is certainly not necessary. The key is to see if it remains in an overheated state at all times.