1. Properties of Steam

2. Uses of Steam

3. Steam System

4. Steam Traps and Components

5. Boilers

6. Design Considerations

7. Condensate Recovery

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

• What Is Steam? (15:14) https://youtu.be/T9jWTtyYLUs
  
• Armstrong University Steam Basics Course (16:19) https://youtu.be/3vr8vlEJY3c
  
• Guidelines for Steam System Efficiency (15:18) https://youtu.be/6AkTNNqwtaE
  
• What is a Boiler and How does It Work? (8:55) https://youtu.be/fk3DjD9gSsk
  

• Learn about steam (Spirax Sarco) https://www.spiraxsarco.com/Learn-about-steam
  
• 1. Introduction
  
• 2. Steam Engineering Principles and Heat Transfer
  
• 3. The Boiler House
  
• 10. Steam Distribution
  
• 11. Steam Traps and Steam Trapping
  
• 13. Condensate Removal
  
• 14. Condensate Recovery
  
• TLV (a steam specialist company)
  
• Engineering Calculator http://www.tlv.com/global/AU/calculator
• Steam Theory (Sections 1 to 11) http://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/
  
• Operation Animations http://www.tlv.com/global/AU/product-operation/

• CIBSE, 2015. Design and Operation of Modern Steam Systems, CIBSE TM58: 2015, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), London. [HKALL]
• Hall F. & Greeno R., 2017. Building Services Handbook, 9th ed., Chp. 4, Routledge, Oxon & New York. [HKALL]
• IOP, 2002. Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide, [New ed.], Institute of Plumbing (IOP), Hornchurch, Essex, UK. [HKALL] http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/24329/243291973.pdf
• McCauley J. F., 1995. The Steam Trap Handbook, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA. [HKALL]
• Spirax-Sarco, 2007. The Steam and Condensate Loop, Spirax-Sarco, Cheltenham. [HKALL]

• Cleaver-Brooks http://www.cleaverbrooks.com/
  
• Spirax Sarco http://www.spiraxsarco.com/
• Resources and design tools https://www.spiraxsarco.com/resources-and-design-tools
  
• TLV (a steam specialist company) http://www.tlv.com/
• What is Steam? https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/what-is-steam.html
  
• Principal Applications for Steam https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/principal-applications-for-steam.html
  
• Types of Steam https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/types-of-steam.html
  
• Flash Steam https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/flash-steam.html
  
• Calculator: Flash Steam Generated by Hot Condensate https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/calculator/flash-steam-generation.html
• Wet Steam vs. Dry Steam: The Importance of the Steam Dryness Fraction https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/wet-steam-dry-steam.html
  
• How to Read a Steam Table https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/how-to-read-a-steam-table.html
  
• Heating with Steam http://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/heating-with-steam.html
• What is a Steam Trap? https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/what-is-a-steam-trap.html
  
• The History of Steam Traps #1 https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/history-of-steam-traps-pt1.html
• The History of Steam Traps #2 https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/history-of-steam-traps-pt2.html
  
• How Mechanical Traps Work: A Look at their Mechanism and Merits https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/mechanical-steam-traps.html
  
• How Disc Traps Work: A Look at their Mechanism and Merits https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/how-disc-traps-work.html
  
• Steam Trap Selection: How Application Affects Selection https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/steam-trap-selection-part-1.html
  
• Steam Trap Selection: Understanding Specifications http://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/steam-trap-selection-part-2.html
• Steam Trap Selection: Safety Factor and Life Cycle Cost https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/steam-trap-selection-part-3.html
  
• Is My Trap Leaking Live Steam? https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/trap-leaking-live-steam.html
  
• What is Water Hammer/ Steam Hammer? https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/what-is-waterhammer.html
  
• Steam Trap Losses - what it costs you https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/cost-of-steam-trap-losses.html
  
• A Guide to Steam Trap Testing https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/steam-trap-test.html
  
• Separators and their Role in the Steam System https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/separators.html
• Installation Tips for Steam Traps on Steam Mains https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/trap-steam-mains.html
• Erosion in Steam and Condensate Piping https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/piping-erosion.html
• Corrosion in Steam and Condensate Piping https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/corrosion.html
• Introduction to Condensate Recovery https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/introduction-to-condensate-recovery.html
• Returning Condensate and When to Use Condensate Pumps https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/types-of-condensate-recovery.html
• Condensate Recovery: Vented vs. Pressurized Systems https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/vented-pressurized-condensate-recovery.html
• Condensate Recovery Piping https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/condensate-recovery-piping.html
• What is Stall? https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/stall-phenomenon-pt1.html
• Cavitation in Condensate Pumps https://www.tlv.com/global/AU/steam-theory/cavitation-in-condensate-pumps.html
  
• Pressure Equipment - Guides and Codes of Practice (Labour Department) https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/content2_10.htm
  
• US-DOE, 2012. Improving Steam System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry, Second Edition, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (US-DOE), Washington, D.C. https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/05/f15/steamsourcebook.pdf