Pump stopped, but water keeps coming. The Vacuum Breaker Solution.
Vacuum breakers are made up of five parts including the body, O-ring, ball, spring, and retainer tube.
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Thermocompressor Optimization for Efficient Yankee Operation
Thermocompressor optimization using CFD software ensures users will achieve the greatest operating efficiency with the flexibility to tune the device to specific operating conditions.
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Does your vacuum breaker experience sporadic periods of chattering and spit out condensate?
A newly installed steam injection water heater with a ½” vacuum breaker was experiencing sporadic periods where the vacuum breaker chattered rapidly and “spit out” condensate. Once the water heater reached its set point, the chattering stopped and did not reappear for hours. Chatter will eventually destroy the cage that holds the spring and ball-check in place on the vacuum breaker.
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Vacuum Breaker Best Practice: Keeping Contamination Out
Vacuum breakers are frequently installed with the air inlet port facing up. This orientation can lead to contaminants entering the steam system and potentially accumulating on the ball, seat, and cage area of the vacuum breaker.
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What is the lowest operating temperature for a vacuum breaker?
A vacuum breaker is an anti-siphoning check valve used in a variety of applications to prevent a vacuum from developing. When the vacuum breaker valve is sealed, its spring seats a ball against an O-ring.
Read moreKadant Johnson to Offer Donahue Steam Products
Kadant Johnson Inc. has expanded its corrugator steam and condensate handling systems to now include Donahue steam systems, Donahue steam traps, and corrugator audit services.
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Direct Steam Injection Heating
Conventional storage tanks with sparge pipes (simple pipes with drilled steam distribution holes) tend to have uneven water temperature control, steam hammer, heavy vibration caused by collapsing steam bubbles, and low low energy efficiency as steam bubbles escape to atmosphere due to incomplete condensation.
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