Steam Management

Accurate Steam Measurement from Start-up to Full Operation; Steam flow varies widely from start-up to full load. This note highlights how multivariable vortex technology ensures accurate, reliable measurement across all conditions.

Significantly reduce downtime, improve heat exchanger efficiency, and reduce steam wastage with Yokogawa’s Wireless Steam Trap Sensors.

In steam-driven processes, the mass flow rate is a key performance indicator. Without accurate mass flow data, operators risk inefficient fuel use, inaccurate energy balancing, and unstable boiler control. A high-precision, compact vortex flowmeter with built-in temperature sensing helps deliver real-time, reliable mass flow measurement, reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.

DPharp performance in boiler drum level measurement applications is superior to metallic capacitance type pressure transmitters. Improved performance can be attributed to the unique resonant silicon sensor design with dual resonators.

Optimizing Steam Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery with Vortex VY Flowmeter Series. Steam injection is one of the most effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, but harsh operating conditions demand reliable, maintenance-free flow measurement solutions.

Geothermal power plants create electricity from geothermal energy. These power plants are similar to other steam turbine station; however their heat source is that of the earth's core. The created steam is used to turn the turbine for the production of electricity. Technologies include Dry steam, Flash steam and Binary cycle power stations with Binary cycle being the most common geothermal plant in current production. In the process of geothermal power generation the facility needs to monitor various processes, as in this case steam line pressure sits in remote from control room's location.

This article concisely explains measurement principles of vortex flowmeters and the objects they measure.

ROTAMETERs™ (Variable Area Meters) are named after ROTA, one of the European inventors of this flow principle in the beginning of the century. ROTA invented the rotating float, which is self-guiding and has less friction in the pipe so that a more precise measurement is possible. Yokogawa ROTAMETERs are available with metering tubes manufactured from either glass, plastic or metal. Our ROTAMETER™ family includes units 6mm to 125mm line sizes, temperatures from -180 to +400ºC, flange ratings to 1500#, ±1.6% accuracy class and turndown's of 10:1. ROTAMETERs™ offer a very low cost, easy to install solution to flow measurement. Once considered as only a water or air flowmeter, ROTAMETER™ is now world proven in applications such as industrial gases, viscous/non conductive chemicals, steam and fuels.

Multi-variable transmitters deliver improved mass flow accuracy and reduced total cost of ownership.

ROTAMASS is the integral and remote type Coriolis Mass Flow Meter. Both types have highly refined digital signal processing electronics, so that accurate and stable mass flow measurement is achieved.

It is the most technologically advanced mass flow meter yet. By combining the superior design of the application specific flow sensor and transmitters with the Total Insight philosophy and functionality, the flexibility of the ROTAMASS to adapt to changing  requirements guarantees performance throughout the lifecycle of the process measurement.

The self-diagnostic and remote maintenance functions support Condition Based Maintenance, which performs efficient and planned maintenance. Inherited YEWFLO's sensing structure brings robustness and long term stability.

Every steam trap failure isn’t just a maintenance issue—it’s an efficiency and sustainability challenge. Unnoticed steam losses lead to wasted fuel, higher CO₂ emissions, and increased costs. What if you could catch issues before they escalate?

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• Reduce energy waste and operational losses while advancing sustainability goals.
• Monitor steam traps effortlessly across your plant with LoRaWAN^® technology.
• Minimize downtime, save costs, and extend equipment life

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