The Kiekens Venturi is our top of the line Desuperheater, known all over the world as the most reliable Desuperheaters on the market. Therefore, the Kiekens Venturi is frequently used in the oil and gas industry, where the highest safety standards are applicable.
Sustainable Energy
Desuperheaters for fertilizer plants
Desuperheaters are typically used to reduce and condition the temperature of superheated steam in power plants, which is often used as an energy source for mechanical power generation in steam turbines. In plants that generate steam for both power generation, and process applications, the generated steam has to be diverted directly to the process side, for instance when the power demand drops or in case of an emergency. This could mean that because of low turbine loads either turbine exhaust steam will be too hot, or in case of emergency that the turbine bypass steam has a far too high temperature for the downstream process conditions.
Turbine bypass desuperheating
When a Desuperheater is deployed to reduce the pressure of superheated steam that is supplied around a turbine or another power engine, this usually called ‘turbine bypass desuperheating’. The letdown (=reduced) steam is still strongly superheated, and although it could have reached the required pressure level at the outlet of the steam-reducing valve, it is usually still unsuitable for use owing to its temperature. In the steam turbine back pressure system to which the steam is fed, the basic requirement is to maintain the pressure and the temperature of this back pressure steam at a constant level, undependable of the load of the steam turbine.
Desuperheating of turbine exhaust steam
Desuperheaters are also used to control the temperature of turbine exhaust steam. In a backpressure turbine the downstream steam temperature is a function of steam load to the turbine. Usually at low turbine loads the steam temperature gets too high and desuperheating will be required to assure proper operation of the downstream installed process equipment. Frequently this downstream equipment consists of heat exchangers that are preferably fed with steam at a temperature as close as possible to the saturation temperature.
Three reasons to choose for Kiekens-DSH
Low Cost of Ownership
Our Venturi is made of a solid forging: no welding or moving parts. As a result it is insensitive to thermal shocks and requires virtually no maintenance for over 30 years.
Custom Made
Based on your process conditions and specifications, Kiekens-DSH designs custom made Desuperheaters which are best suitable for your applications and current conditions.
High Reliability
Our qualified employees calculate the most suitable Desuperheater for you. With over 60 years of experience a strong track record in more than 100 countries, you can count on us.
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The Kiekens Venturi is our top of the line Desuperheater, known all over the world as the most reliable Desuperheaters on the market. Therefore, the Kiekens Venturi is frequently used in the oil and gas industry, where the highest safety standards are applicable.
The Kiekens Venturi is our top of the line Desuperheater, known all over the world as the most reliable Desuperheaters on the market. Therefore, the Kiekens Venturi is frequently used in the oil and gas industry, where the highest safety standards are applicable.
