How much water is needed to produce one ton of steam?
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Dear sea friends: How much water is needed to produce one ton of steam? Do superheated steam and saturated steam consume different amounts of water? Who uses the most water? What are the advantages and disadvantages of superheated steam and saturated steam respectively?
Both steam and water use mass units to express their quantity. Under ideal conditions, according to the law of conservation of mass, one unit of steam requires one unit of water. Superheated steam and saturated steam consume the same amount of water; it’s just that they are in different states.
The blowdown rate of boilers is generally designed at 5%.
What Lao Yu said upstairs is correct – energy conservation applies; we just need to determine the amount of waste discharged
I think this way of asking stems from a unclear concept. One ton of steam is produced by consuming one ton of water, regardless of the temperature or pressure conditions. Things like fixed discharge or continuous discharge – that’s not the water consumed in steam production; it’s the water that needs to be discharged as part of the normal operation of the boiler.
Are you saying that to produce one ton of steam, 1.05 tons of water are required, and 5% of that water is wastewater that needs to be discharged?
:These 0.05 have been removed, and the remaining 0.95 corresponds to 1 ton of water.