The steam pressure/temperature is not sufficient; is there any way to increase it?
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We use steam from thermal power plants, which usually has a temperature of around 150 degrees; the process requirements call for a temperature of 180 degrees or higher. May I ask the experienced colleagues if there are any ways to increase this temperature further?
This probably won’t work!! Unless you have your own device to apply additional pressure to the steam.
Sure! It is sufficient to set up a heat exchange station (with devices such as superheated steam, electric heating furnaces, heat pumps, etc.) for superheating treatment, but there are energy consumption issues.
The power plant is required to increase the steam delivery pressure.
This is a rather difficult task; generally, one can only request the steam pressure supplied by the power plant. To increase the steam pressure internally, one method is to use a steam ejector to draw in low-pressure steam with higher-pressure steam in order to produce medium-pressure steam; unfortunately, the person in question doesn’t have steam of higher pressure available ； There is also a type that uses steam compressors, generally for the reuse of low-pressure secondary steam in processes such as evaporation and distillation, but it can also be used for compressing fresh steam.
There are two options: 1) Inform the thermal power plant of your requirements and ask them to provide steam at the appropriate temperature; 2) Boil water in your own boiler
Option 1: Add an additional medium-pressure steam pipeline network, requiring a one-time investment to meet current and future needs. Option 2: Follow the approach used on the 4th floor, but it results in high energy consumption, instability, and poor safety
Feed it into the heat transfer oil system or use a small tubular furnace to superheat the steam.
It entirely depends on the gas supply parameters of the thermal power plant; unless the thermal power plant is modified
1. External energy, pressure 2. Utilize a heat pump to generate its own energy