What should be done if the steam trap doesn’t have enough time to drain the condensate? ?
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What should be done if the steam trap doesn’t have enough time to drain the condensate? ?
Is it possible to install a condensate tank, and control the discharge of condensate through the liquid level and a control valve?
Based on the maximum water storage capacity of the containers, equipment, and pipes ahead of the drain valve, manual discharge is carried out at regular intervals, or the blow-off valve is set to a slightly open position.
1. Verify that the maximum discharge capacity of the steam trap meets the requirements of the process operation. 2. Check whether the steam trap is functioning properly. 3. Please open the bypass pipeline (slightly) to allow drainage
As a senior engineer, what do you think should be done?
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Calculate and select a larger-sized desiccant with higher drainage capacity.
There aren’t enough traps; add a few more
Where is the installation location of your steam trap? Is the steam trap functioning properly? When does it happen that there’s no time to drain the water? Under normal circumstances, when the steam trap is functioning properly, it is possible that drainage is not sufficient at the beginning of operation; in such cases, enabling the bypass to assist with drainage will solve the problem. If drainage is still insufficient even after normal operation, it may be due to an undersized selection of the steam trap, and this issue often occurs with heat exchangers.
The amount of condensate water in the pipeline is high; the selected steam trap is not appropriate, so a larger steam trap should be installed.