Control valves

Desuperheaters

4.8.23

Typical applications

The following is a list of applications where desuperheaters have been supplied:

Power generation

To reduce the temperature of steam discharged from turbine bypass

systems to that required for other parts of the plant.

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Turbine washing

Process industries

In process industries, desuperheaters are used as part of a system for

reducing the temperature and pressure of steam from boilers to economic

levels of operation.

Paper and board industry

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Paper drying machines

Food industry

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Steam cooking kettles

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Evaporator heat exchanger

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Product conditioning

Textile industry

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Fabric finishing autoclaves

Tobacco industry

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Tobacco leaf drying plants

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry

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Reactor heater jackets and coils

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Steam supply to process heaters

Oil and petrochemical industry

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Vacuum distillation start-up heaters

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Steam supply to process heaters

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Let-down station and turbine bypass

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Thermocompressor discharge

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Mechanical vapour re-compression

Brewing and distilling industry

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Steam heating system

Boiler and turbine installations

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Power generation

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Ship building

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Coffee

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Chemical

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