Steam Traps
Yarway steam traps provide reliable operation suitable for a wide range of applications with option monitoring to minimize steam loss.
Yarway steam traps provide reliable operation suitable for a wide range of applications with option monitoring to minimize steam loss.
Steam traps are self-actuated valves used to release condensate and air from steam distribution systems without allowing the passage of steam. Due to a wide range of process requirements, steam traps come in a variety of technologies, each with their own advantages and trade-offs. Steam traps play a large role in optimizing plant efficiency and environmental emissions, increasing the criticality when sizing and selecting the ideal steam trap for each application.
Yarway Thermostatic steam traps provide excellent air handling performance.
Yarway thermodynamic traps offer robust performance for a variety of drip, tracer, and process applications.
Steam Trap Survey Reduces Plant Energy Costs |
A steam trap survey conducted at a large petrochemical plant led to the replacement of 1200 failed traps and annual energy cost savings of $960K. |
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Case Study
What is a pressure regulator for? What does a pressure regulator do? On a very basic level, regulators provide a way to control the pressure of gas or other fluids to downstream processes or customers. Self-operated regulators work to meet or fulfill downstream demand while keeping downstream pressure constant.
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FAQs
Steam traps are analogous to motor vehicles in that each has a single underlying purpose but is available in a wide variety of models and options. Selecting the correct model depends on user needs and preferences. In selecting the right trap a user must think hard about the priority of his needs. While efficiency and reliability may seem obvious requirements, other criteria (such as responsiveness to changing pressures and condensate flow rates, installation flexibility, ease of maintenance, and troubleshooting) are more judgmental. When all of these issues are considered, steam trap selection becomes a matter requiring thoughtful evaluation. At the least, a wrong selection means a savings opportunity missed; – at the worst, it can mean a costly disruption of production.
Industrial steam traps can be divided into two major groups: (1) traps designed for draining process equipment such as tire presses, drying rolls, air heaters, and heat exchangers (often referred to as process traps); (2) traps designed for draining steam mains or tracing systems. The latter serve as a protection function and are sometimes referred to as protection traps. Protection services, such as steam main drips and tracer heating, are by a wide margin the most common trap application. They generally see very light condensate loads, often less than 50 pounds per hour. Process traps are generally designed for condensate loads of several hundred pounds per hour to several thousand pounds per hour.
The three types are:
