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Hi all!
i'm trying to figure out what method would be the cheapest to create steam at high pressure with.
ideally, the source of energy for the process would be electricity, as the facility is not intended to have it's own power generation capabilities.
the mechanical use of the steam will be to inflate a piston chamber in a cylinder.
the water used for the steam are regular fresh water (not sea water or pure water).
the steam needs to be used at 70atm approximately.
the steam supply doesn't have to be completely continuous, but it needs to be pretty continuous. it doesn't have to be just one single machine producing the steam. I'm guessing that helps deliver a continuous supply.
the system needs to provide very a high volume of steam.
around 100-200 cubic meters per hour, at 70atm.
(from what i understand, it takes around 37 liters of water to be at 287c to get 1m3 of steam at 70atm)
whether the steam is saturated or not does not matter for the intended use, so whichever is better, that's what we'll go with.
so, given these... givens,
what method do you think should be the best in terms of power consumption, and what would say that this power consumption be?
thanks in advance for any help!
tikipu.
:-)
i'm trying to figure out what method would be the cheapest to create steam at high pressure with.
ideally, the source of energy for the process would be electricity, as the facility is not intended to have it's own power generation capabilities.
the mechanical use of the steam will be to inflate a piston chamber in a cylinder.
the water used for the steam are regular fresh water (not sea water or pure water).
the steam needs to be used at 70atm approximately.
the steam supply doesn't have to be completely continuous, but it needs to be pretty continuous. it doesn't have to be just one single machine producing the steam. I'm guessing that helps deliver a continuous supply.
the system needs to provide very a high volume of steam.
around 100-200 cubic meters per hour, at 70atm.
(from what i understand, it takes around 37 liters of water to be at 287c to get 1m3 of steam at 70atm)
whether the steam is saturated or not does not matter for the intended use, so whichever is better, that's what we'll go with.
so, given these... givens,
what method do you think should be the best in terms of power consumption, and what would say that this power consumption be?
thanks in advance for any help!
tikipu.
:-)