Supercritical solar world record and steam

Supercritical solar world record and steam

In May 2014 a world first was achieved by CSIRO, which has used solar energy to generate ‘supercritical’ steam, at the highest temperatures ever achieved outside of fossil fuel sources. CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is...
steam plate heat exchangers

steam plate heat exchangers

Steam is used in many applications as a primary heating medium, typically to heat water. An increasingly common way of doing this is to use a plate heat exchanger. A plate heat exchanger consists of a number of ‘plates’ packaged together with openings between them to...
BG01 compliance help

BG01 compliance help

  BG01 ‘Safe Operation of Steam Boiler Plant’ is a new guidance document issued in the UK by the CEA and SAfed, and endorsed by the HSE to replace the guidance documents PM5 and PSG2. It was released in October 2011. Any industrial and or, commercial sites, which have...
what is a steam trapping station

what is a steam trapping station

The humble steam trap. A vital but often overlooked part of a steam system. It is easy for steam traps to be forgotten about when steam boilers, steam turbines, heat exchangers, and large impressive bits of plant take up the limelight. However steam traps and correct...
steam pressure reducing station

steam pressure reducing station

There are good reasons to reduce steam pressure on a saturated steam system. This is done by using a pressure reducing valve. To ensure that this valve works correctly, can be maintained, and there is some form of safety back up, the valve will almost certainly form...