Attend Mead O'Brien Steam Lab

CLASSES AVAILABLE SEPT. OCT. NOV. AND DEC. 2019

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MEAD O'BRIEN STEAM LAB HERE

Mead O'Brien 2019 Steam Seminar Registration is Now Open

Do the people who maintain your plant’s steam system really understand how to save you money?

The Mead O’Brien Steam Seminar provides you a window into elements of the plant steam cycle as you observe live steam and condensate behavior in glass piping and glass-bodied steam traps under differing conditions. You will gain useful knowledge regarding:

• Steam generation
• Distribution
• Control & Heat transfer
• Heat Recovery opportunities
• Condensate removal & return

Follow this link to sign up.

SAMPLE AGENDA

Steam System System-Wide Objective 

• Basics of steam 
• Steam energy facts 
• Thermodynamic relationships 
• Steam table uses 
• Video: What is Steam? 
• Steam system-wide components

Steam Traps 

• What it is, where it fits, how it works 
• Function and Operation of generic Steam Trap types How they operate against typical characteristics 
• Testing techniques 
• Troubleshooting and Video 
• Functional problems associated with Steam traps 
• Tools to maintain an efficient steam system 
• Surveys and assessments 
• Continuous monitoring 
• SteamStar™

Distribution systems 

• Functional problems associated with Distribution Systems Effects of not removing condensate formed in the system Water Hammer and Corrosion 
• Differential Shock water hammer demonstration 
• Piping for effectively removing the condensate 
• PRVs: Use and effect on the steam distribution system Video: Guidelines for Steam System efficiency 

Steam usage systems (heat transfer) 

• Different heat transfer devices 
• Functional problems associated with heat transfer systems Process control considerations & challenges 
• Pressure zone and partial load example 
• What the control people usually don’t consider 
• Stall and how to overcome it 
• Vacuum Breakers and TAVs (thermostatic air vents) Control modes and unintended consequences 
• Leaving the pressure zone

Condensate return systems 

• System efficiencies 
• Electric condensate pumps: operation and advantages Mechanical condensate pumps; operation and advantages Open and closed systems: advantages & disadvantages Stall review and solutions 
• Flash systems and heat recovery options 
• Back to the boiler house: Deaerators and their function

For more information, or to sign up, visit this web site - https://events.meadobrien.com