Thanks Tommy,
the boiler is about 300 ft away, and we will try to convince the owner to route that turbine exhaust back to potentially the deaerator or feedwater heating.
thanks again.
Thanks rmw for the feedwater heating tip. Unfortunately, they are a long way from the boiler. And yes...you are right about the cheap fuel. They are making steel, and apparently the coke oven gas is used in the boilers, and is very inexpensive.
Thanks again,
joe
Thanks Tommy, and I agree that it is a huge energy waste. I will look into an air cooled condenser since they are low on service water capacity. Thanks again,
joe
thanks pmover! Yes, unfortunately that exhaust rate will be continuous, which makes me very uneasy based on your experience. Thanks for the tip about condensing with air as well. I will look into that.
Joe
I have a potential problem that I'm hoping someone can shed some light on. Our client has directed us to vent to roof the steam exhaust from a steam turbine driving an air compressor. The Owner does not have sufficient capacity of service water (river water) to condense the exhaust to recover...
rmw, thanks very much for your reply. I will check to see why we are setup with backpressure turbines. As far as I can tell, they only have perhaps a winter time space heat load for the waste heat, but this shouldn't be very much to forego the added turbine efficiency of exhausting into a...
Thanks Montemayor. Do you have some mfr's in mind that provide backpressure turbine condensing units? I searched the internet, and only seen applications for condensing turbines with large scale condensers for power plants...not for smaller turbine drives powering air compressors. Thanks again.
I have little experience with steam turbines, and I was hoping someone can shed some light on the best way to condense the steam exhaust and recover the condensate. I have a 5psig backpressure turbine at 17,350lbs/hr exhaust. Are there mfrs who make pre-packaged condensers for such an...
