What material should be used for pipes in steam heating systems?
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What material should be used for steam heating pipes with a steam pressure of 0.7 MPa?
Stainless steel composite panels are actually a good option, and they’re cheap too
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Indoors or outdoors? Buried? It’s different
Not buried, indoor. . . . .
National standard seamless steel pipes will do; ensure good rust removal and corrosion protection, as well as proper insulation.
This usually uses finned tubes, with a steel base and aluminum fins (typically of the bimetallic rolled DR type, with a 20 base and 1060 pure aluminum fins). It’s more or less like a heater; I’ve seen them used in air conditioning systems as well as for preventing freezing in mines.