Assessing Steam System Efficiency

Before improving a steam system you need to know where its energy currently goes, and the honest answer on most sites is: nobody has checked for years. A structured efficiency assessment follows the energy from the gas meter to the process and back, attributing losses to each stage: combustion, blowdown, distribution, traps and condensate. This lesson covers the generation end, where the first and largest losses live, and sets up the loss inventory the rest of the course fills in.