Simulation of Operating Conditions of Steam Pipes in Heating Networks at Lowered Heat Loads

摘要

A method for calculating the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of steam pipes that transport wet steam, obtained at lowered loads, is proposed. The method is based on numerical integration of a set of equations of continuity, motion, and energy of a steam-condensate mixture and the use of empirical correlations for the characteristics of II-type compensators. Experimental studies was conducted for flows of wet steam with parameters that are close to the actual ones.