Steam jet compressors are used in evaporating, distillation, cooling, crystallisation, deodorisation, degassing and drying under vacuum.
Steam Jet Compressors, or more normally thermocompressors, employ high pressure steam to compress low pressure, or waste steam, up to a specified intermediate pressure. They are used to reclaim waste streams and in evaporation, distillation, cooling, crystallisation, deodorising or degassing plants to employ waste vapours from one stage, to heat a subsequent process stage.
Advantages
- Large vapour volumes, particularly in high vacuum ranges, are easily handled
- Low investment cost due to the relatively simple construction
- Long operational life expectancy as steam jet compressors can always be constructed of a suitable corrosion resistant material
- High operational safety and low maintenance as no moving parts are involved.
In relation to these advantages, the efficiency does not play significant role, compared to other compressors. As a result of it being custom built for a duty, with correct design and application a high operating efficiency can be achieved.
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