If the trap has malfunctioned, the operator actuates the upstream 1/4-turn isolation ball valve and tags the trap for repair or replacement. Using a steam trap monitoring system based on this ...

A steam trap separates condensate from the incoming steam and sends it back to the boiler as feedwater. This is a critical point in the process and has a major effect on the efficiency of the kettle.

No drip steam trap was installed for condensate removal before the control valve to prevent valve seat wire drawing. The installation has an automated ball valve for isolation directly before the ...

Old boiler rooms are often home to steam-heating boilers. Older cities are loaded with these and lots of people — knuckleheads included — have had decades to mess with what the “dead men” once ...

Every steam boiler installation guide I have seen during the past 40 years, no matter the manufacturer, shows a Hartford Loop as part of the near boiler piping. ... which connects to the wet return to ...