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Steam water separation velocity

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GeorgeGrande

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Jun 17, 2006
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Is there any calculated way to know how pure is the steam going out of a separator. If i know the velocity and all the sizes can I know the fraction of water in the steam flowing out?
 
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It all depends on the design of the internals of the separator. Does it have a tengential entry and an axial discharge. Does it have an internal baffle? Demister pad?
 
hello,

in addition to what elguero suggests, the velocity should be less than k*sqrt(rol/rov-1), also what size of dtoplets you need to remove?

regards,
roker
 

Demisters help scrubbing out smaller water droplets from a stream than could settle out by gravity alone, producing steam of better quality.
 
No demister and no baffle. it have a tengential entry and an axial discharge. Separation speed is about 2 m/s. Is it possible to batch the separation and use 2 separators one after the other. after some thinking i cant see why so tank you any way unless u think other way.
 
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