Steam Generation Thermodynamics.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Buecker, Brad
- Source
- Chemical Engineering. Nov2010, Vol. 117 Issue 12, p44-47. 4p.
- Subject
- *INDUSTRIAL efficiency
THERMODYNAMICS
HEAT transfer
STEAM generators
TEMPERATURE measurements
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-2460
The article focuses on the essentiality of back-of-the-envelope calculations to determine efficiency improvements. It outlines some of the primary thermodynamics behind the steam generator heat transfer. It examines the efficiency gains offered by feedwater heating stating the need of the extraction steam flowrate to be designed to elevate the feedwater temperature to a point halfway between the condensate and saturation temperatures.