The steam consumption for trace heating is relatively high
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Our factory currently has 1,470 steam traps. Based on actual calculations, each trap consumes 44 grams of steam per minute; the total steam consumption is therefore 4 tons. The actual consumption was nearly 50 tons. Consumption is too high. Except for some on-site direct drainage for anti-freezing purposes. Most of them are being used normally; could you tell me what’s causing such high power consumption?
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This post was last edited by Dedication on 2021-2-24 at 12:39. Seeing the way the original poster has compiled the information, I believe you have also considered possible reasons related to the steam trap equipment. Since heat tracing is involved, I wonder if factors such as temperature changes and process temperatures were taken into account during the calculations. Who provided the data on steam consumption? Is it possible to achieve balance across the entire plant? If there’s a discrepancy, it isn’t necessarily due to the steam traps. Are all the steam flow meters accurate? Have you ever done temperature and pressure compensation? This relates to a certain project I worked on. My boss kept complaining that I was using too much steam. Later, in the control room, I showed my boss the control system configuration; it turned out that the flow meters hadn’t undergone any temperature and pressure compensation at all. How is it possible that the total amount of steam used by all users in the plant is still higher than the output of the boilers?
The function of a steam trap is merely to drain the condensed water from the upstream section; the amount of condensed water is not determined by the steam trap. As mentioned above, check whether the heat tracing and insulation in the upstream area are properly in place； Additionally, regarding the tenfold difference in flow rates you mentioned, I wonder how you calculated that 4-ton figure. Is it that the actual flow rate calculated for each steam trap is 4 tons, while the flow meter indicates 50 tons? It’s still the flow rate that you calculate by yourself after looking at the label on the steam trap
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