{"id":4483,"date":"2023-05-23T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thermodyneboilers.com\/demo\/oldthermo\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2023-12-29T12:54:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T07:24:53","slug":"importance-steam-accumulator-boilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thermodyneboilers.com\/demo\/oldthermo\/importance-steam-accumulator-boilers\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Steam Accumulator in Boilers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steam Accumulator in Boiler<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Steam Accumulator<\/strong> is a shell type pressure vessel<\/strong> which is used to store steam generated<\/strong> by a boiler<\/strong><\/a> and use it for varying load demands.<\/p>\n

Steam Boilers<\/strong><\/a> are generally designed for a certain capacity at which they could supply steam continuously which is also it is maximum continuous rating.<\/p>\n

Know More:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the boiler<\/a><\/p>\n

So, the steam boiler<\/strong><\/a> designed for higher steam requirements can be made to run on lower loads or lower steam demands but a boilers<\/strong><\/a> designed for lower loads cannot run on higher loads or higher steam demands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Generally, it is observed that the steam requirement in a process is not fixed and keeps changing with time. For some time period, there might be lower load requirements than the steam boiler capacity<\/strong><\/a> while for some period of time there might be high load requirements.<\/p>\n

Low load requirements can be easily met by the boiler but high steam requirements cannot be met by this boiler<\/strong> as it is not designed for such capacity. This is where a steam accumulator<\/strong><\/a> plays an important role as they store steam generated by the boiler and use it as and when required.<\/p>\n

Steam Accumulators<\/strong> are designed in such a way that when there is an excess of steam, that when lower loads are required than the boiler maximum load<\/strong>, the excess steam gets stored<\/strong> in an accumulator and when the process steam load requirement increases<\/strong>, the steam from both the boiler and the accumulator<\/strong> can be released to meet up the process requirement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Installing a steam accumulator<\/strong> would bring about a huge reduction in boiler size<\/strong>, thereby reducing the cost of a boiler<\/strong>, installation cost<\/strong>, operating cost and increased boiler efficiencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Steam Accumulator as the cost-effective solution<\/h3>\n