AnswersDrive4th November 2019
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What is the difference between superheated and saturated steam?
Saturated (dry) steam results when water is heated to the boiling point (sensible heating) and then vaporized with additional heat (latent heating). If this steam is then further heated above the saturation point, it becomes superheated steam (sensible heating).
What is the temperature of steam?
At lower pressures, such as in the upper atmosphere or at the top of high mountains, water boils at a lower temperature than the nominal 100 °C (212 °F) at standard pressure. If heated further it becomes superheated steam.
What is the temperature of 30 psi steam?
Saturated Steam Temperatures
| Pressure | Temperature | Temperature |
|---|---|---|
| (p.s.i) | (°F) | (°C) |
| 26 | 268.3 | 131.3 |
| 28 | 271.2 | 132.9 |
| 30 | 274.1 | 134.5 |
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Can Steam be hotter than 212 degrees?
After water changes from a liquid to a gas (at 212 degrees Fahrenheit) it can actually heat up much hotter than that. In the gas form, water molecules are spread out and have a lot of room to move and get much hotter than the other two phases (liquid and ice). And water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Why is superheated steam preferred in a turbine?
This is because superheated steam has the same heat transfer coefficient of air, making it an insulator and poor conductor of heat. Saturated steam is preferred for heating applications, while superheated steam is used mostly in power generation and turbines.
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What is meant by superheated steam?
Superheated steam is an extremely high-temperature vapor generated by heating the saturated steam obtained by boiling water. Superheated steam is now drawing attention in the food, medical, and other industries where cleaning, disinfection, and drying play a crucial role.
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What is meant by super saturated steam?
Superheated steam is a steam at a temperature higher than its vaporization (boiling) point at the absolute pressure where the temperature is measured. Continued heat input will then "super" heat the dry saturated steam. This will occur if saturated steam contacts a surface with a higher temperature.
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What is a heat recovery steam generator?
A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an energy recovery heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream. It produces steam that can be used in a process (cogeneration) or used to drive a steam turbine (combined cycle).
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What do you mean by wet steam?
Wet steam is a mixture of steam and liquid water. It exists at a saturation temperature containing more than 5% water. It is said to be a two-phase mix: steam contains droplets of water that have not changed phase.
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Is Steam wet or dry?
In the case of wet, or saturated steam (100% dry), it contains 100% of the latent heat available at that pressure. Saturated water, which has no latent heat and therefore 0% dryness, will therefore only contain sensible heat. One may ask if steam dryness can rise above 100%?
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How hot is the steam?
So if the water in the pan on the stove is put in at 32°F, it will then require 180 BTU's to bring the water to boiling temperature, or 212°F. Now, no matter how hot the stove burner is, the water will get no hotter than 2120F. As this pound of water boils at 212°F, heat energy is being added to change it to steam.
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Is saturated steam an ideal gas?
Steam is not an ideal gas. Do not apply the ideal gas law to saturated steam. The concept is still valid, temperature goes up with pressure etc, but the values will be wrong. This is why every thermo book has steam tables in the back.
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How hot can steam get under pressure?
Superheated water is liquid water under pressure at temperatures between the usual boiling point, 100 °C (212 °F) and the critical temperature, 374 °C (705 °F). It is also known as "subcritical water" or "pressurized hot water."
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Is Steam the same as saturated vapor?
Vapour is a substance in gas phase under its critical temperature. Saturated steam is a combination of water vapour and liquid water in equilibrium. Superheated steam has only the vapour since it's at a higher temperature than the saturation temperature. Steam= Gaseous State of water beyond boiling point.
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What is the use of steam trap?
A steam trap is a device used to discharge condensates and non-condensable gases with a negligible consumption or loss of live steam. Most steam traps are nothing more than automatic valves. They open, close or modulate automatically. Have a negligible steam consumption (i.e. being energy efficient)
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What is the meaning of dry steam?
Dry steam is steam that is at the temperature of saturation, but does not contain water particles in suspension. It has a very high dryness fraction, with almost no moisture. Commercially, dry steam contains not more than one half of one percent moisture.
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What is the saturated vapor?
saturated vapor. a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
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What is the dryness fraction of steam?
The steam dryness fraction is used to quantify the amount of water within steam. If steam contains 10% water by mass, it's said to be 90% dry, or have a dryness fraction of 0.9. Saturated water, which has no latent heat and therefore 0% dryness, will only contain sensible heat.
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What is a subcooled liquid?
The term subcooling refers to a liquid existing at a temperature below its normal boiling point. A subcooled liquid is the convenient state in which, say, refrigerants may undergo the remaining stages of a refrigeration cycle.
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What does it mean to be a saturated liquid?
saturated liquid. Word Origin. See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com noun Thermodynamics. a liquid whose temperature and pressure are such that any decrease in pressure without change in temperature causes it to boil.
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What is the degree of super heat?
The Degree of Superheat can be defined as the amount by which the temperature of a superheated vapor/steam exceeds the temperature of the saturated vapor/steam at the same pressure.
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What is the point of saturation?
saturation point. Examples Word Origin. the point at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution, chemical combination, etc. a point at which some capacity is at its fullest; limit: After a while she reached the saturation point and could absorb nothing more from the lectures.