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Wireless devices automate steam trap fault detection, avoid exposing workers to hazardous areas, and pay back in less than one ...
Maturity Matrix - Tools Change Is Hard, but It Is Necessary If you are anything like me, you probably do not like change. In fact, you might loathe it. I can think of several times in my life that I chose to stick with what was familiar instead of choosing what was smart. For example, when I got my first beat-up car, my parents always told me to make sure I consistently change the oil. Being a ...
He believed that the problem was failed steam traps. Solution: Bruce tested the 250 steam traps and found a failure rate of 23 percent. Around each steam trap was a bypass valve. Failed steam traps did indeed have a direct bearing on the problem he was called ...
In recent blog posts, we have explored the use of coated industrial fabrics for turbine blankets, steam trap insulation, and steam valve jackets in depth. Each of the materials outlined in these articles can be moderated for use in equivalent oil and gas applications. ...
What is Steam Trap Insulation? A steam trap is a type of valve that filters out condensate and non-condensable gases from pipework without losing steam. ...
In many steam plants, steam under high pressure is held behind an isolation valve (also called a “steam stop”). ...
Check Condensate Recovery System – Boilers that employ a condensate recovery system are able to trap, condense, and reuse steam as feedwater, dramatically increasing efficiency since the water does not have to be heated from as low a temperature. ...
Thus, if the unit is properly sized, condensate is collected and returned to the boiler before too much additional sub-cooling can occur—and the thermal mass of cast iron receivers retains heat. What’s more, if a steam trap fails, the receiver walls and vent piping let steam condense as additional heat from the failed ...
Engen’s refinery in Durban, South Africa was approached by Delta Steam Systems in 2012 with a proposal to replace all steam traps in the refinery. ...
If a trap leaks steam, the amount wasted will depend on the size of the trap and the steam pressure. ...
A leading global healthcare company has revealed that it has achieved a 12-month payback on Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps installed at its manufacturing facility in Italy. Thermal Energy International has installed a total of 92 steam traps throughout the facility’s process plant, ...
Steam traps and steam systems can represent a large proportion of a manufacturing plant’s total operating costs. ...
Conscious that the laundry’s mechanical steam traps were causing water vapour losses through evaporation from the hot well as well as poor condensate return, Richard Harris, Head of Engineering and Estates Standards, decided to investigate the GEM venturi designed steam traps. “We considered chemical treatment, but ...
Having successfully installed GEM Venturi steam traps at another of its European sites, the company asked Thermal Energy International to conduct a survey of its mechanical traps, which were regularly failing open, partly open and closed. ...
Prior to the installation of the GEM steam traps, Mark Wildish, Linen Service Manager at MTW Linen Services, found that 10 of the laundry’s 62 steam traps were failing each year, necessitating their replacement at a cost of £3,500. ...
Metered tests carried out on Thermal Energy International’s GEM steam traps by Italcables, Italy’s largest producer of wire strands for pre-stressed concrete and post-tensioned structures, have shown steam savings of up to 30% compared to mechanical traps. ...
Prior to the installation of the GEM steam traps, the hospital found that a percentage of its steam traps were failing each year. ...
Looking for a steam trap with longevity, the plant contacted Zenith Marketing & Consultants, a company specialising in industrial energy saving products, about the award winning GEM venturi orifice steam trap. ...
As the GEM steam traps have no moving parts to wedge open or fail they provide a permanent solution to steam trapping and condensate return problems. GEM steam traps also improve product processing by enhancing the quality of steam and reducing equipment repairs, downtime and ...
Salisbury District Hospital is saving approximately 10% of its steam consumption following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps, which is providing the hospital with significant energy savings. ...