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    Wet Steam Vs DRY STEAM....................................................

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    Wet steam contains water droplets that decrease its dryness fraction compared to dry saturated steam. The dryness fraction directly affects the amount of heat energy that can be transferred from the steam. During transport from the boiler, steam loses heat and becomes wetter as some condenses back into water. Maintaining high dryness through techniques like steam separation improves heating efficiency and prevents equipment erosion from water droplets.

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    Wet steam contains water droplets that decrease its dryness fraction compared to dry saturated steam. The dryness fraction directly affects the amount of heat energy that can be transferred from the steam. During transport from the boiler, steam loses heat and becomes wetter as some condenses back into water. Maintaining high dryness through techniques like steam separation improves heating efficiency and prevents equipment erosion from water droplets.

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    Wet steam contains water droplets that decrease its dryness fraction compared to dry saturated steam. The dryness fraction directly affects the amount of heat energy that can be transferred from the steam. During transport from the boiler, steam loses heat and becomes wetter as some condenses back into water. Maintaining high dryness through techniques like steam separation improves heating efficiency and prevents equipment erosion from water droplets.

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    Wet steam contains water droplets that decrease its dryness fraction compared to dry saturated steam. The dryness fraction directly affects the amount of heat energy that can be transferred from the steam. During transport from the boiler, steam loses heat and becomes wetter as some condenses back into water. Maintaining high dryness through techniques like steam separation improves heating efficiency and prevents equipment erosion from water droplets.

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    The key takeaways are that boilers do not generate completely dry steam and the steam dryness fraction is used to quantify the amount of water within steam, which affects heating efficiency. Steam tables provide values for dry steam but not wet steam, whose properties can be calculated using the steam dryness fraction.

    The steam dryness fraction is used to quantify the amount of water within steam. If steam contains 10% water by mass, it's said to be 90% dry, or have a dryness fraction of 0.9. Steam dryness is calculated as 100% minus the percentage of entrained water by mass.

    The total heat of wet steam can be calculated by considering the ratio of steam to water in equations for specific volume, specific enthalpy, and specific entropy that include the dryness fraction, specific properties of saturated water and steam, and the latent heat of vaporization.

    Wet Steam vs.

    Dry Steam: The Importance of the Steam


    Dryness Fraction

    Did you know that boilers do not generate 100% saturated steam (dry steam)? When a steam
    boiler heats up water, bubbles breaking through the water surface will pull tiny water droplets
    in with the steam. Unless a superheater is used, this will cause the steam supply to become
    partially wet (wet steam) from the added liquid.

    Steam Dryness Fraction


    The steam dryness fraction is used to quantify the amount of water within steam. If steam
    contains 10% water by mass, it's said to be 90% dry, or have a dryness fraction of 0.9.
    Steam dryness is important because it has a direct effect on the total amount of transferable
    energy contained within the steam (usually just latent heat), which affects heating efficiency
    and quality.
    For example, saturated steam (100% dry) contains 100% of the latent heat available at that
    pressure. Saturated water, which has no latent heat and therefore 0% dryness, will only contain
    sensible heat.
    Steam Dryness = 100% - [% Entrained Water] (by mass)

    Calculating the Total Heat of Wet Steam


    Steam tables contain values such as enthalpy (h), specific volume (), entropy (s), etc. for
    saturated steam (100% dry) and for saturated water (0% dryness), but typically not for wet
    steam.
    These can be calculated by simply considering the ratio of steam to water, as described in the
    equations below:
    Specific Volume () of Wet Steam
    = X g + (1 - X) f
    where:
    o X = Dryness (% / 100)
    o f = Specific Volume of Saturated Water
    o g = Specific Volume of Saturated Steam
    Specific Enthalpy (h) of Wet Steam

    h = hf + X hfg
    where:
    o X = Dryness (% / 100)
    o hf = Specific Enthalpy of Saturated Water
    o hfg = Specific Enthalpy of Saturated Steam - Specific Enthalpy of Saturated Water
    Specific Entropy (s) of Wet Steam

    s = sf + X sfg
    where:
    o X = Dryness (% / 100)
    o sf = Specific Entropy of Saturated Water
    o sfg = Specific Entropy of Saturated Steam - Specific Entropy of Saturated Water
    The wetter the steam, the lower the specific volume, enthalpy, and entropy will be because the
    dryness percentage is a factor of the 100% condition. Since steam dryness has a significant
    effect on all these values, to enable greater heating efficiency it is crucial to supply steam that
    is as close to being 100% dry as possible.
    Steam Dryness Decreases During
    Transport
    During transport, radiant heat loss from piping causes part
    of the steam to lose some of its latent heat and revert
    back to water, thereby decreasing steam dryness.

    Since wet steam not only affects heat transfer


    efficiency, but can also cause erosion of piping and critical
    equipment such as turbine blades, it is highly
    recommended to take preventative measures such as
    using a steam separator to remove the entrained
    condensate and by following the advice written in these
    articles:
    Best Practices for Condensate Removal on Steam Lines
    Erosion in Steam and Condensate Piping

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