ARE USED TO REMOVE CONDENSATE FROM STEAM LINES. TRAPS THE STEAM INSIDE THE LINE, BUT DRAINS THE CONDENSATE. THEREFORE KNOWN AS STEAM TRAPS SCOPE OF THIS PRESENTATION WHY TRAPS TYPES OF TRAPS WORKING PRINCIPLES INSTALLATION TRAP SELECTION TRAP MONITORING ADVANTAGES OF MONITORING IMPORTANCE OF TRAPS STEAM COSTS Rs.300 PER TON A LEAKING TRAP CAN DISCHARGE AS MUCH AS 120 TONS OF STEAM IN A YEAR WHICH WORKS OUT TO Rs.36000 PER YEAR THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 15000 TRAPS INSTALLED IN MRPL IMPORTANCE OF TRAPS IF 10% OF ALL TRAPS LEAK THE LOSS PER YEAR IS 1500 X 25000 = Rs. 3.75 cr TRAPS BECAUSE OF THEIR LARGE NUMBERS AND SMALL SIZE MAY NOT GET THE ATTENTION THAT IS REQUIRED. WHY TRAPS? STEAM IS USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE REFINERY AND POWER PLANT STEAM CONDENSES CONDENSATE IF LEFT IN THE LINE CAN CAUSE WATER HAMMER CAUSING DAMAGES TO LINES AND EQUIPMENT WHY TRAPS CONDENSATE EXPANDS 16 TIMES TO FORM STEAM - CAN CAUSE A PRESSURE SURGE IN COLUMNS ETC CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE INTERNALS WHY TRAPS. CONDENSATE OVER TIME ACCUMULATES MORE CONDENSATE. THEREFORE HAS TO BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. TO REMOVE CONDENSATE STEAM TRAPS ARE USED. TYPES OF TRAPS DENSITY OPERATED TRAPS BALL FLOATS INVERTED BUCKETS TEMPERATURE OPERATED TRAPS BAL. PRESSURE LIQUID EXPANSION THERMOSTATIC BIMETALLIC
TYPES . KINETIC ENERGY OPERATED DISC TRAPS IMPULSE TRAPS WORKING PRINCIPLES DENSITY OPERATED TRAPS BALL FLOAT TEMPERATURE OPERATED BALANCED PRESSURE (BPT) KINETIC ENERGY OPERATED THERMODYNAMIC DISC (TD) DENSITY OPERATED TRAPS BALL FLOAT TRAPS WORK ON PRINCIPLE THAT DENSITY OF CONDENSATE IS MORE THAN THAT OF STEAM. CONDENSATE LIFTS A WEIGHTED BALL, WHICH OPENS A VALVE WHICH DRAINS CONDENSATE
TEMPERATURE OPERATED BPT - BALANCED PRESSURE THERMOSTATIC WORKS ON THE PRINCIPLE OF TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEAM AND CONDENSATE A BELLOW EXPANDS WHEN SUBJECT TO HIGHER TEMPERATURE BPT USES A BELLOW ATTACHED TO A BALL TO OPEN AND CLOSE A DRAIN VALVE. TEMPERATURE OPERATED INSTALLATIONS INSTALLATION INSTALLATION KINETIC ENERGY OPERATED THERMODYNAMIC TRAP - TD WORKS ON THE PRINCIPLE OF FLASH STEAM HOT STEAM/ CONDENSATE FORMS FLASH STEAM ABOVE THE DISC WHICH CAUSES THE DISC TO MOVE DOWN. AS CONDENSATE GETS COLLECTED THE STEAM TRAPPED ABOVE COOLS, ALLOWING DISC TO OPEN AGAIN. THERMODYNAMIC TRAP INSTALLATION INSTALLATION TRACING STATIONS-Discharging to common header INSTALLATION APPLICATION APPLICATION 1 st Choice 2 nd Choice HEATING SYSTEMS FLOAT BUCKET STEAM LINES TD BUCKET/ TS STEAM TRACERS BPT TD TANK COILS FLOAT TD / BUCKET SHP LINES TD BIMETALLIC MONITORING OF TRAPS TRAP MONITORING DONE BY DEVICE CALLED TRAPMAN MONITORING... PLANTS ARE DOWN LOADED TO TRAPMAN AND SURVEY IS CARRIED OUT. SURVEYED TRAPS ARE UPLOADED BACK TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ANALYSIS IS DONE. RECTIFICATION OF FAILED TRAPS IS DONE IMMEDIATELY MONITORING TRAPMAN USES TEMPERATURE OF INLET PIPE TO MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAP A HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURE (/ RISE) INDICATES A PASSING TRAP A LOWER THAN NORMAL TEMP IS INDICATED AS BLOCKED MONITORING TO QUANTIFY LEAK LEVELS, TRAPMAN USES ULTRASONIC EMISSIONS FROM TRAPS EMPIRICAL RELATION BETWEEN LEVEL OF ULTRASONIC EMISSION AND QUANTITY OF LEAK FOR DIFFERENT PR AND TYPE IS AVAILABLE IN HARDWARE MONITORING MONITORING STATISTICS - FROM APR 00
TRAPS MONITORED - 5600 FAILED TRAPS - 635 LOSS CONTROL - 20.41(IN Rs. Lacs) THANK YOU
Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room: Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc