Why do Steam Pipes Need to be Equipped with Air Separators?

Wet steam refers to steam containing moisture. Wet steam will reduce the production efficiency and product quality of the equipment, and can also cause equipment damage. While traps can remove most moisture, they cannot handle the liquid droplets suspended in the steam. To separate these suspended droplets. Nanjing Beite recommends: Install an air separator on the steam pipe.

Steam contains moisture, which can cause:

1. Cause the control valve and flow meter to work abnormally.

2. Rapid wear or water hammer will cause the flow meter and control valve to fail.

3. Water is a poor conductor of heat. The presence of water will reduce production efficiency and product quality.

4. Water droplets flowing at high speed together with steam will corrode the valve seat and other related parts.

5. Since water droplets carry a lot of impurities, they will increase scale on the surfaces of pipes and heat exchangers.

The purpose of the air separator is to remove moisture suspended in the steam that cannot be drained through the trap.

Nanjing Beite produces the best-selling baffle type air separator. This baffle type air separator is composed of many baffles. The fluid changes the flow direction many times in the separator. Because the suspended water droplets have larger mass and Inertia, when the flow direction of the baffle changes, the dry steam can bypass the baffle and continue forward, and the water droplets will accumulate on the baffle. The steam-water separator has a large flow area, which reduces the kinetic energy of the water droplets. Most of it will condense and eventually fall to the bottom of the separator and be discharged through the trap.