Steam traps
Optimizing efficiency of your steam consumption is essential for maintaining reliable operations, minimizing costs, and aiding sustainability. Pivotal in this lies a seemingly small yet essential component, the steam trap.
Importance of steam traps
Often overlooked but indispensable, steam traps play a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of steam-based processes by removing condensate, air, and other non-condensable gases. Proper functioning steam traps prevent the wasteful escape of steam, ensuring that energy is utilized optimally for heating, industrial processes, or power generation. By way of an accurate condensate drainage, steam traps help maintain the desired temperature and pressure levels within processes as well as preventing water hammer with accompanying damage risk and erosion issues, thus improving the lifecycle and reliability of the entire steam system.
Periodical testing of steam traps
Checking of steam traps is not just a maintenance task, it is essential for reducing costs, improving sustainability, and ensuring the reliability of your processes. Regular monitoring and testing are key to achieving these goals.
Excellent knowledge of steam traps
Being familiar with the different types of steam traps is crucial for several reasons when testing these devices;
understanding the working of each type of steam trap (mechanical, thermodynamic, or thermostatic) is mandatory for assessing how these traps should perform under normal operating conditions.
each type of trap may exhibit unique failure symptoms. Knowledge of characteristics of specific types of steam trap allows for the best diagnosis of common issues such as steam bleeding, blockage, or backpressure problems.
proper understanding on the correct manner of installing steam traps, the routing of piping and correct application of insulation, strainers and bypasses reduces the risk of malfunctioning and ensures proper functionality over time.
Why CerTa Veritas
With our extensive international experience in performance testing of power plants and their key components, our customers benefit from the specialized knowledge in steam generation and associated steam systems gained over the years worldwide.
Key benefits
take advantage of Specialized Expertise: Benefit from the extensive knowledge and experience of our skilled engineers
objective Assessments: Receive unbiased evaluations of your steam traps’ performance, focusing solely on optimizing your system
independent Services: Enjoy a service free from conflicts of interest without additional upselling interests
transparent Reporting: Obtain clear and transparent reports that provide accurate data, enabling you to make well-informed decisions.