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    What Is Hot Water Generator

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    A hot water generator provides water below boiling temperature for industrial processes, like a home water heater. It differs from a boiler, which provides steam at higher temperatures like a rice steamer. The main components of a common hot water generator are a plate heat exchanger and automatic pumping trap made of stainless steel and other materials. Temperature is controlled and steam is used to heat incoming water through calculations using factors like heat load, steam quantity, temperatures and flow rates.

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    A hot water generator provides water below boiling temperature for industrial processes, like a home water heater. It differs from a boiler, which provides steam at higher temperatures like a rice steamer. The main components of a common hot water generator are a plate heat exchanger and automatic pumping trap made of stainless steel and other materials. Temperature is controlled and steam is used to heat incoming water through calculations using factors like heat load, steam quantity, temperatures and flow rates.

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    A hot water generator provides water below boiling temperature for industrial processes, like a home water heater. It differs from a boiler, which provides steam at higher temperatures like a rice steamer. The main components of a common hot water generator are a plate heat exchanger and automatic pumping trap made of stainless steel and other materials. Temperature is controlled and steam is used to heat incoming water through calculations using factors like heat load, steam quantity, temperatures and flow rates.

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    A hot water generator provides water below boiling temperature for industrial processes, like a home water heater. It differs from a boiler, which provides steam at higher temperatures like a rice steamer. The main components of a common hot water generator are a plate heat exchanger and automatic pumping trap made of stainless steel and other materials. Temperature is controlled and steam is used to heat incoming water through calculations using factors like heat load, steam quantity, temperatures and flow rates.

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    What is Hot Water Generator?

    A hot water generator is


    generally used to provide water at less
    than boiling temperature to an industrial
    process. An example is your water
    heater in your house, it provides hot
    water to your dishwasher and clothes
    washer.

    A boiler provides steam to a process


    that requires a higher operating
    temperature, an example from home
    might be a rice steamer. In days gone
    by, a boiler would run a steam engine to
    power equipment, like a locomotive or
    a ship.

    Temperature is the main difference.

    Design Of A Common Hot Water Generator

    Sr Part Material
    No Name
    1 Plate Heat Exchanger Plates AISI 316L
    2 Automatic Pumping Trap ASTM A 106 Gr B / Internals – SS316
    & Inconel
    3 Safety ASTM A 216 Gr WCB
    valve
    4 Temperature Control valve ASTM A 216 Gr WCB / ASTM A 216
    Gr WCC
    5 Pneumatic Piston actuated on/off ASTM A 351 CF8
    valve
    6 Moisture Separator (Baffle type) ASTM A 216 Gr WCB
    7 Piston valve (Isolation/Throttle ASTM A 216 Gr WCB
    valve)
    8 Y ASTM A 216 Gr WCB
    Strainer
    9 Control C.S., FLP / Non-FLP (based on
    Panel requirement)
    10 Pressure Gauge / Temperature Bourdon type, Casing – SS304/SS316
    Gauge
    11 RTD PT-100 sensor Sheath – SS316

    Sample Calculation For Hot Water Generator

    Operating Conditions :-

    Steam supply (recommended range)


    Operating pressure : 1.5 to 3.5 kg/cm2 Operating temperature : 125 to 150 oC
    Enthalpy : 521 kcal/kg to 512 kcal/kg
    Flow : 40 to 4000 kg/hr

    Water supply (recommended range)

    Operating pressure : 2.5 to 4.0 kg/cm2 Operating temperature : 30 oC (Ambient) to


    95 oC Flow : 500 to 50,000 kg/hr
    ( > 50,000 kg/hr can also be given)

    Pressure rating :-

    This System will be supplied with flanges and nozzles as per ANSI B 61.5 Class 150

    Nozzle details:-
    Nozzle 1 [N-1] : Steam inlet to PHE
    Nozzle 2 [N-2] : Condensate outlet from PHE Nozzle 3 [N-3] : Cold water inlet
    to PHE Nozzle 4 [N-4] : Hot water outlet from PHE Nozzle 5 [N-5] :
    Pressure safety valve outlet

    Conversion factors:-

    Heat load
    • Convert from kJ/hr to kcal/hr : Divide the value by 4.184
    • Convert from kcal/hr to kW : Divide the value by 833
    • Convert from BTU/hr to kcal/hr : Divide the value by 3.966
    How to calculate Heat load and quantity of steam :-
    Customer parameters (example):-

    Quantity of hot water required : 15,000 kg/hr Initial temperature (cold supply water) :
    30 oC (Ambient) Final temperature required : 70 oC
    ∆ T (during start-up) o
    : 40 C
    ∆ T (normal operation) : 10 oC Steam supply pressure @ site : 3.5
    kg/cm 2

    Computation

    Considering above requirement of customer, we can calculate the Heat Load as below
    :-
    Values to be computed
    1. Heat load, Q (kcal/hr)
    2. Quantity of steam, m (kg/hr)
    Formulas to be used to calculate Heat load

    Formula-1

    [Primary side, media – Saturated steam]


    Heat load, Q = m X Xfg
    m = mass (quantity) of steam
    Xfg = latent heat of steam at corresponding supply pressure

    Formula-2
    [Secondary side, media – water to be heated]
    Heat load, Q = m X cP X ∆T

    All values for water side are known, which we can incorporate in Formula-2
    Heat load = m X cP X ∆T
    = 15000 X 1 X 10
    = 150000 kcal/hr ≈ 1.5 Lac Kcal/hr
    In a heat exchanger, the heat lost by one side is equal to heat gained by other side,
    PRIMARY SECONDARY
    SIDE = SIDE` Specific heat, cP of water = 1
    Latent heat of steam at 3.5 kg/cm2 =
    506.7 kcal/hr (From Steam table)

    m * xfg = m * cP * ∆T
    m * 506.7 = 15000 * 1 * 10
    m * 506.7 = 150000
    Therefore, m = 150000 = 296.03 ≈ 296 kg/hr
    506.7
    Mass of steam (to achieve above heat load) = 296 kg/hr

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