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Causes and Corrective Measures
Category
Cause
Procedure
A.
A valve on
the pipeline
is closed
1. The valve on the motive
medium supply pipe is closed
2. The valve on the exhaust
pipe is closed
3. The valve on the condensate
inlet pipe is closed
4. The valve on the condensate
outlet pipe is closed
- Slowly open the valve, using the proper
procedure
B.
The strainer
is clogged
1. The strainer on the motive
medium supply pipe is
clogged
2. The strainer on the pumped
medium inlet pipe is clogged
- Clean the strainer
C.
Faulty
motive
medium
pressure,
back
pressure or
pumped
medium
inlet
pressure
1. The motive medium supply
pressure is less than the
back pressure
- When the motive medium pressure is
decreasing, adjust the pressure reducing valve
on the supply pipe or connect to a separate
high-pressure line
- If the back pressure has increased, check to
see if a steam trap connected to the pumped
medium recovery line is blowing (see Open
System Piping Diagram) and check for any
valves that have been left closed on the
pumped medium recovery line
- The motive medium pressure must be about
0.05 MPa (7 psi) higher than the back pressure
(see (2) in the "Installation Procedure" section)
2. Insufficient motive medium
- If the motive medium supply pipe is too small;
change to a larger size pipe; the pipe should be
at least 20 mm (¾ in)
3. The pumped medium inlet
pressure exceeds the back
pressure (see G.1)
- When the pumped medium inlet pressure
exceeds the back pressure, “blowthrough”
occurs (i.e., steam flows into the pumped
medium outlet pipe); in some cases, chattering
on the outlet check valve or water hammer may
also occur
- The same thing will occur when the back
pressure has decreased in a closed system
- Check the reason that the pumped medium
inlet pressure has increased or the back
pressure has decreased and make any
necessary repairs
4. Motive medium supply
pressure is too high
- If the motive medium supply pressure is twice
the back pressure or greater, “blowby” occurs,
i.e., residual pressure at the end of the motive
medium supply process flows into the outlet
pipe; when the temperature of the pumped
medium in the recovery pipe is low, water
hammer may also occur
- The motive medium supply pressure should be
reduced to a range within which the discharge
flow does not drop below the required level