How to estimate steam consumption
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May I ask, how many kilograms of direct steam with a pressure of 0.05 MPa are produced in one hour?
It is related to the pipe area and the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet.
Some additional information is needed for this issue to be estimated. First, it is necessary to determine whether your 0.05 MPa direct steam can be treated as a constant-pressure source to simplify the calculations. Additionally, information on the diameter of the opening, the presence of valves, the length of the branch pipes, and whether the outlet pressure can be assumed to be at atmospheric pressure is required. With these details available, it is easy to estimate the flow rate using Bernoulli’s equation.
Your requirements are not sufficient. If you don’t know, you can use a rough estimation method: half a kilogram of steam is manageable; find a broken bucket, use it to cool it for 1 or 5 minutes, and then weigh it. I’ve done this with my 2.0MPa steam as well.
There is a stop valve at the front, and at the end of the steam pipe there are several rows of branch pipes with small holes in them, which are used to stir the material with steam