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10.4.5
Steam quality
Heating and domestic hot water applications utilize saturated steam.
Saturated steam is at a temperature and pressure that correspond to
the saturation conditions discussed in Sec. 6.2 and is said to have 100
percent quality. Steam with some free moisture present has less than
100 percent quality (down to zero quality for condensed water). ‘‘Su-
perheated’’ means that additional heat is applied to the steam to drive
its temperature above the saturation temperature at the existing pres-
sure. In the boiler, this is accomplished in a special tube bank called
a
superheater.
Superheat is required for many turbine and process
applications, including cogeneration, but this steam must be ‘‘desu-
perheated’’ for use in normal heating and domestic water applications.
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