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An Isothermal Steam Expander for an Industrial Steam Supplying System
Joint Authors
Lin, Chen-Kuang
Lai, Guang-Jer
Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki
Matsuo, Masahiro
Chiu, Min-Chie
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Steam is an essential medium used in the industrial process.
To ensure steam quality, small and middle scale boilers are often adopted.
However, because a higher steam pressure (compared to the necessary steam pressure) is generated, the boiler’s steam pressure will be reduced via a pressure regulator before the steam is directed through the process.
Unfortunately, pressure is somewhat wasted during the reducing process.
Therefore, in order to promote energy efficiency, a pressure regulator is replaced by a steam expander.
With this steam expander, the pressure will be transformed into mechanical energy and extracted during the expansion process.
A new type of isothermal steam expander for an industrial steam supplying system will be presented in the paper.
The isothermal steam expander will improve the energy efficiency of a traditional steam expander by replacing the isentropic process with an isothermal expansion process.
With this, steam condensation will decrease, energy will increase, and steam quality will be improved.
Moreover, the mathematical model of the isothermal steam expander will be established by using the Schmidt theory, the same principle used to analyze Stirling engines.
Consequently, by verifying the correctness of the theoretical model for the isothermal steam expander using experimental data, a prototype of 100 c.c.
isothermal steam expander is constructed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Chen-Kuang& Lai, Guang-Jer& Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki& Matsuo, Masahiro& Chiu, Min-Chie. 2015. An Isothermal Steam Expander for an Industrial Steam Supplying System. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Chen-Kuang…[et al.]. An Isothermal Steam Expander for an Industrial Steam Supplying System. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Chen-Kuang& Lai, Guang-Jer& Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki& Matsuo, Masahiro& Chiu, Min-Chie. An Isothermal Steam Expander for an Industrial Steam Supplying System. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1074723
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1074723