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A boiler desuperheater is installed in high pressure boilers to __________. maintain flow through the superheater raise the steam temperature in the steam drum

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A boiler desuperheater is installed in high pressure boilers to __________. maintain flow through the superheater raise the steam temperature in the steam drum

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• Desuperheating: what happens to superheated steam when it is desuperheated? • Location and purpose of a desuperheater in a high-pressure boiler system (relative to the superheater and steam drum). • Difference between controlling steam temperature in the line vs. changing steam drum temperature.

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• Ask yourself: does a desuperheater add heat to the steam, or remove heat from it? What does that do to steam temperature? • Is the desuperheater’s main job related to the superheater outlet steam conditions, or to changing conditions inside the steam drum? • Think about why engineers might want to reduce the degree of superheat before sending steam to certain equipment (like turbines or auxiliaries).

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• Verify what superheated steam is compared to saturated steam from the drum. • Check whether a desuperheater is typically installed in the steam line leaving the superheater or inside the steam drum. • Confirm whether a desuperheater’s function would logically raise or lower/limit steam temperature.

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A boiler desuperheater is installed in high pressure boilers to __________. maintain flow through the superheater raise the steam temperature in the steam drum

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A boiler desuperheater is installed in high pressure boilers to __________. maintain flow through the superheater raise the steam temperature in the steam drum

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