Steam Traps are the gaurdians of any steam system.A steam trap is a fitting for discharging condensate and non-condensable gases with a negligible consumption or loss of costly live steam. In some cases steam traps are no more than automatic valves which open, close or modulate automatically. Others are based on turbulent 2-phase flows to obstruct the steam flow.
Important functions of a steam trap:
1. Discharge condensate as soon as it is formed.
2. Have a negligible steam consumption.
3. Have the capability of discharging air and other non-condensable gases.
Steam traps can be split into four major types:
1. Mechanical traps.
2. Temperature traps
3. Thermodynamic (TD) traps
4. Venturi (orifice) traps
Modification of a steam trapConverting a regular steam trap into an inline-self-cleaning steam trap
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