Desuperheater

Komax Systems Inc.entional desuperheaters Komax units direct the water spray upstream. The superheated high velocity steam reverses the water spray flow pattern to send it back through a six chamber mixing module, the steam and water converge to form a homogenous mixture with a uniform temperature profile within 5o of saturation. Due to the instant mixing of the water and steam the downstream temperature probe may be installed only one third the distance required by standard type desuperheaters.

Conventional desuperheaters spray water downstream in the form of tiny droplets where they are encountered by steam traveling at 60 miles per hour or more. No matter how the spray nozzle is directed downstream the water is coalesced into a rope. To illustrate the point think what would happen if one were to throw a glass of water out of a car traveling at high speed.

Since ordinary desuperheaters lack any mixing module a long pipe length is specified downstream to complete the contacting of water and steam. In addition a "mixing elbow" is needed prior to the temperature probe. The pipe and elbow can add to installation and layout costs.

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