Chapter 1 Flashcards
What do you call the vapor created when water is heated to its boiling point?
Steam
When steam is captured and placed under pressure, it is known as what?
Heat Transfer Fluid
What is used to transfer heat to a heat transfer unit?
Boiler
What is formed once steam has given up its latent heat?
Condensate
A ______ collects, controls, and distributes steam produced in a boiler
Pipe
How many general types of steam systems are there?
2
Name the general types of steam systems
High Pressure and Low Pressure
What is the max. Allowable working Pressure of a low pressure steam system
15 psi & under
With high pressure systems, what happens w/ condensate in a non condensing system
Gravity feeds back to the boiler by either parallel or counter flow
The ASME boiler code committee issued the 1st edition of the BPVC in 1914. What does BPVC stand for?
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
What method does the condensate flow in the opposite direction of the steam to return to the boiler?
Counter Flow
Where is the steam system designed to give up latent heat from the transfer fluid to be used for the it’s purpose in the system?
HTU
