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Products: Blow Down Coolers<br />
Blow Down Coolers & Flash Vessels<br />
<strong>Steam</strong> boilers must be blown down to remove contaminants,<br />
as a too high level will cause foaming and scaling<br />
of the boiler tubes. A build-up of solids at the bottom of the<br />
boiler could also have serious consequences. Most modern<br />
boilers are fitted with TDS controls to remove dissolved<br />
solids, and a blowdown valve that is opened at regular<br />
intervals to remove precipitated solids.<br />
Because the bottom blowdown valve is opened just a few<br />
seconds per day, it is not economical to recover the heat,<br />
yet water cannot be discharged to drain unless it is cool.<br />
Nowadays, blowdown vessels have replaced blowdown<br />
pits as the recommended way of cooling this water.<br />
Blowdown from TDS controls should ideally be connected<br />
to a heat recovery system inside a flash vessel. Where<br />
this is not practical, TDS blowdown may also be piped to a<br />
blowdown vessel.<br />
User benefits:<br />
• Three inlets as standard with dedicated bottom blowdown<br />
and TDS connection.<br />
• Fully complies with the requirements of the European<br />
Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC.<br />
• Complete systems normally readily available from<br />
stock.<br />
• Quick and easy to install and maintain.<br />
For flash vessels an internal heat<br />
recovery system is provided.<br />
DISCHARGING AIR<br />
AND OXYGEN TO<br />
VENT out of building<br />
Important factors for sizing of blown<br />
down coolers & flash vessels:<br />
• Boiler pressure<br />
• Number of boilers<br />
• Duration of blow down<br />
• Blown down line size<br />
• Length of blow down line between the boiler and<br />
the blow down vessel<br />
• Blow down regime<br />
DRAIN<br />
14 ECOTHERM <strong>Steam</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong>