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D6 – Steam Boiler Plant –

Controls and Systems
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Steam and Condensate Loop

Spirax Sarco provides

the most comprehensive range
of products for the
steam and condensate loop
anywhere in the world.
 A modern efficient boiler house
Cold water make-up tank
Warm-up
valve Conditioning

Metering

Feedtank

Level control
Heat recovery

TDS control Blowdown

Boiler

Fig. 1.1.5 A modern boiler house package

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STEAM FUNDAMENTALS
Steam fundamentals

Properties of steam

Steam tables

Steam and condensate loop

 What is Steam
Formation of steam at atmospheric pressure

Condensing steam

Kettle steam space

Steam bubbles
Temperature - Pressure Diagram
Steam Tables

Gauge  Enthalpy in kJ/kg Volume Dry 

Temp. 
Pressure Water  Evap Steam  Sat.

bar ºC hf hfg hg m3/kg

0 100 419 2257 2676 1.673
Steam Tables

Gauge  Enthalpy in kJ/kg Volume Dry 

Temp. 
Pressure Water  Evap Steam  Sat.

bar ºC hf hfg hg m3/kg

0 100 419 2257 2676 1.673
7 170 721 2048 2769 0.24
Steam Tables

Gauge  Enthalpy in kJ/kg Volume Dry 

Temp. 
Pressure Water  Evap Steam  Sat.

bar ºC hf hfg hg m3/kg

0 100 419 2257 2676 1.673
1 120 506 2201 2707 0.881
2 134 562 2163 2725 0.603
5 159 671 2086 2757 0.315
7 170 721 2048 2769 0.24
10 184 782 2000 2782 0.177
14 198 845 1947 2792 0.132
 Steam Energy
Boiling point of Evaporation Dry
saturated water line saturation
point

100 oC
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
Dryness fraction
Temperature (oC)

Sub
saturated
water line

0 oC
Liquid Enthalpy of Evaporation(hfg)
Enthalpy (hf)
Total Enthalpy (hg)
 High in energy

Steam
contains
about five
times more
energy than
water
 Easy and cheap to control

Steam
pressure and
temperature
are easily
controlled

Fig. 1.1.4 Typical two port control valve with a pneumatic actuator and positioner
Volume - Pressure Diagram
Typical Steam Circuit
 A modern efficient boiler house
Cold water make-up tank
Warm-up
valve Conditioning

Metering

Feedtank

Level control
Heat recovery

TDS control Blowdown

Boiler

Fig. 1.1.5 A modern boiler house package