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Coinneach Associate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kawerau, New Zealand Posts: 25	Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/22/2009 1:40 AM
	I am just looking for a quick idea of an approx steam flow rate that I could expect from a steam turbine driven air compressor. Assume - present installed drive is 750kWe steam inlet P1 = 150psi, with some superheat steam outlet P2 = 30 psi I know this is a bit vague, but I am just trying to get a better handle on what the steam flow rate may be. I have 30 tonnes per hour available at 150 psi, being the incremental flow available from the 1st stage of one of our turbo alternators. __________________ from the beautiful central North Island of New Zealand.
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The Prof Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Western Australia Posts: 767 Good Answers: 58	#1 Re: Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/22/2009 5:28 AM
	Try this calculator . If it does not give you what you want let us know. __________________ If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (A.E.)
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Coinneach Associate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kawerau, New Zealand Posts: 25	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/22/2009 11:03 PM
	Prof - many thanks for that - just what I need. I will run several calcs on different parameters so I can plot steam flow rate against various power and exhaust pressure scenarios. I take it you are a sugar industry engineer? regards from New Zealand. __________________ from the beautiful central North Island of New Zealand.
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The Prof Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Western Australia Posts: 767 Good Answers: 58	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/22/2009 11:46 PM
	Pleasure. No, not the Sugar Industry, though my home in South Africa is in Durban which is in the cane growing area, and I have done a bit of consulting to the industry. Just get to play with lots of steam turbines etc all over the place. Visited NZ early this year, what a beautiful country you live in. Could retire there if they would have me. __________________ If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (A.E.)
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Anonymous Poster	#4 Re: Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/27/2009 2:53 AM
	You have to find the Enthaly diference between enthalpy at p1 & enthalpy at p2. This will be in kJ/kg. Them divide the drive power by this enthalpy difference which will give you the steam flow rate in kg/sec. Regards. Anant.
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Coinneach Associate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kawerau, New Zealand Posts: 25	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Steam Turbine - Steam Rate 09/27/2009 1:35 PM
	Thank you - much appreciated. __________________ from the beautiful central North Island of New Zealand.
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