What does the “steam separator” on the steam boiler do?

What does the “steam separator” on the steam boiler do?

First, we need to understand the specific benefits that this steam-water separation unit can bring to steam boilers.
       1. It can avoid the local load increase of the evaporation surface of the drum and the steam space, so that the steam can be uniformly discharged out of the water surface and taken out.
       2. Can effectively weaken the kinetic energy of the steam-water mixture entering the drum, and mitigate its impact on the water surface.
       3. Make the steam-water mixture have a flow path that is sharply turned and multi-folded to make full use of the separation of centrifugal and inertia. In addition, care should be taken to guide the separated water away from being carried by the steam again. Finally, there is a large amount of surface area in order to adhere more water droplets.

At this stage, there are many types of steam separators, which can be divided into natural separation and mechanical separation according to their principles. The principle of natural separation is to take advantage of the difference in soda water density and gravity. The principle of mechanical separation relies on inertial forces, centrifugal forces and adhesion. The steam-water separation device often used in steam boilers includes underwater orifice plates, baffles, uniform orifice plates, gas collection pipes, volute separators, corrugated plates and wire mesh separators.

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