2000 Hook-up Book

Table of Contents

Section 1: System Design Information ......................................................... 1 The Working Pressure in the Boiler and the Mains ............................................................2 Sizing Steam Lines on Velocity ..........................................................................................3 Steam Pipe Sizing for Pressure Drop.................................................................................5 Sizing Superheated Mains..................................................................................................6 Properties of Saturated Steam ...........................................................................................7 Draining Steam Mains ........................................................................................................8 Steam Tracing...................................................................................................................12 Pressure Reducing Stations .............................................................................................19 Parallel and Series Operation of Reducing Valves...........................................................21 How to Size Temperature and Pressure Control Valves ..................................................23 Temperature Control Valves for Steam Service................................................................26 Temperature Control Valves for Liquid Service ................................................................28 Makeup Air Heating Coils .................................................................................................31 Draining Temperature Controlled Steam Equipment ........................................................33 Multi-Coil Heaters .............................................................................................................36 Steam Trap Selection .......................................................................................................38 Flash Steam......................................................................................................................41 Condensate Recovery Systems .......................................................................................45 Condensate Pumping .......................................................................................................48 Clean Steam .....................................................................................................................50 Testing Steam Traps .........................................................................................................55 Spira-tec Trap Leak Detector Systems for Checking Steam Traps..................................58 Steam Meters....................................................................................................................59 Compressed Air Systems .................................................................................................62 Reference Charts and Tables ...........................................................................................66 Section 2: Hook-up Application Diagrams ................................................ 83 For Diagram Content, please refer to Diagram Index on page 149. Section 3: Product Information ..................................................................... 143 An overview of the Spirax Sarco Product Line Diagram Index ................................................................................. 149

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