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Heat Pipe Steam Generator

      The heat pipe steam generator provides saturated steam for the treatment of logs in a Romanian wood industry factory.
      The recovery system provides saturated steam and, at the same time, preheats the feeding water for the steam generator. The heat source consists of flue gases from a central station supplying diathermic oil as heating fluid.
      The system has been operating since 1998.

     Heat pipe steam generator main features:

• Steam rate: 1,000 kg/h
• Steam pressure: max. 1.5 bar
• Inlet flue gases temperature: 400 °C
• Outlet flue gases temperature:120 °C
• Heat recovered: 978,000 w
• Total number of heat pipes: 1,350 pieces (ø 28 x 3 mm, carbon steel)
  
  

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