Steam Vapor Recompression

[seasar]

Can someone point me towards resources for steam
vapor recompression equipment/installed sites/etc. in the
US? I am aware of a system installed at a paper mill (Bowater) in SC more than ten years ago but little else in the US. The idea is to recapture waste low pressure steam.

 

[EGT01]

Try searching for thermocompressors...

http://www.s-k.com/pages/pro_05_03.html

http://www.croll.com/_website/pr/thermhome.asp

http://www.graham-mfg.com/index.html

 

[zerosum]

They were the subject of numerous proposals from process consultants during the energy crunch of the eighties. Try searching for "thermal recompression", I got 36,000 hits.

 

[GenB]

it is very possible but also very expensive,
the energy needed surpases the savings