SteamMaster: Steam System Analysis Software

摘要

As director of Oregon's Industrial Assessment Center, I have encountered many industrial steam systems during plant visits. We analyze steam systems and make recommendations to improve system efficiency. In nearly 400 industrial assessments, we have recommended 210 steam system improvements, excluding heat recovery, that would save $1.5 million/year with a 0.4-year payback. 75 percent of those recommendations have been implemented for $1.1 million annual savings with 0.3-year payback. I have recently developed a tool to facilitate the process. SteamMaster is based on an Excel spreadsheet with a Visual Basic interface to simplify system modeling and analysis. SteamMaster has many features and capabilities, including energy and cost savings calculations for five steam recommendations. This paper will demonstrate SteamMaster software applied to one or more industrial steam systems. Software will be made available on a national web site at no cost.