Optimize Steam Management for
a Sustainable, Efficient Plant
Steam is the lifeblood of many industrial operations; driving heat transfer, power generation, sterilization, and mechanical processes. However, without accurate steam measurement and management, you risk energy losses, inefficiency, safety hazards, and missed sustainability targets. Yokogawa provides world-class instrumentation and wireless solutions that help you take full control of your steam systems — safely, efficiently, and sustainably.
Discover how Yokogawa solutions are changing steam management.
Precision. Performance. Sustainability.
Our durable equipment minimizes downtime, predictive monitoring prevents issues before they occur, and our cutting-edge technologies, expert support, and tailored training ensure peak performance.
Why Accurate Steam Measurement Matters
Steam is one of the most versatile and valuable utilities in manufacturing and process industries, including chemical, food & beverage, pulp & paper, pharmaceuticals, and power generation. It's also one of the most challenging to manage due to its dynamic properties and distribution complexity.
Key benefits of precise steam measurement and monitoring:
- Improve energy efficiency by identifying losses and optimizing usage
- Ensure process safety through real-time monitoring of steam traps and pressure fluctuations
- Reduce operating costs by detecting leaks, failures, or overuse
- Support decarbonization goals through data-driven sustainability initiatives
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Integrating Sustainability Into Steam Processes
As industries push toward net-zero goals and energy cost reductions, steam systems are a critical focus for decarbonization. Yokogawa empowers customers to adopt sustainable practices without sacrificing productivity.
Smart Steam Management Drives:
- Closed-loop optimization to reduce steam generation and waste
- Waste heat recovery opportunities identified through accurate data
- CO₂ emissions reduction through digital performance monitoring
- Compliance with ESG and regulatory standards via detailed reporting and traceability
Sustainability Impact — average energy savings from optimized steam trap monitoring:
- 15–20% reduction in steam losses per year
- Equivalent to removing hundreds of tons of CO₂ annually from a mid-size plant
Visualize the Opportunity: Steam Measurement Insights
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Vortex Flowmeters VY series
Vortex Flowmeters VY Series is the latest model of Yokogawa vortex flowmeter and is the successor to the digitalYEWFLO Series.
VY Series consists of the latest digital technology and Yokogawa's unique structure inherited from YEWFLO Series. -
Transmisores de Presión
El proceso de medición preciso y estable de los transmisores de Presión de Yokogawa son la base de la operación rentable, segura y confiable de su planta.
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Medidores de Flujo
Yokogawa tiene una amplia gama de soluciones de flujo de alta calidad, precisión y confiabilidad. Con más de 100 años de experiencia en medidores de flujo, nuestra tecnología puede proporcionar una solución para prácticamente todas las aplicaciones de flujo.
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Medidores de Flujo Vortex
Yokogawa ha sido sinónimo de medidores de flujo Vortex siendo pionero en la industria en el medidor de flujo de Vortex hace casi cuatro décadas. Durante esas décadas, Yokogawa sigue estando en la vanguardia de la tecnología Vortex; Por lo tanto, hoy en día, Yokogawa ofrece una gran variedad de medidores de flujo Vortex, incluyendo diseños por encargo a la medida.
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Medir el consumo de energía es un factor importante en la búsqueda de mejorar la eficiencia energética. La medición eficiente y precisa es fundamental para determinar el exceso de uso, junto con una imagen exacta en dónde se usa el vapor. Las mediciones más precisas y confiables que se realizan, las decisiones más informadas pueden ser tomadas afectando los costos y la calidad del producto. Tradicionalmente, el método más común de medición de vapor es la placa de orificios y la técnica de medición de presión diferencial. Las áreas generales de preocupación con este tipo de medición son la susceptibilidad de la placa de orificios para introducir errores inmediatos, las relativamente permanente pérdidas de presión alta introducidas en el sistema por el orificio y el rango de medida pequeña, por lo general típicamente es 3:1.
El digitalYEWFLO con Diámetro Reducido Tipo Medidor de Flujo Vortex Modelo de Yokogawa cuenta con una estructura de acero inoxidable fundido y un reductor concéntrico y de expansión que permite realizar unas mediciones de flujo estables en condiciones de bajo flujo. Esto amplía la gama de mediciones que se pueden realizar, desde las velocidades de flujo más altas hasta el extremo inferior del intervalo de flujo, que normalmente es difícil para los medidores de flujo Vortex, y asegura una salida de velocidad de flujo estable y exacta.
Significantly reduce downtime, improve heat exchanger efficiency, and reduce steam wastage with Yokogawa’s Wireless Steam Trap Sensors.
El rendimiento del DPharp en aplicaciones de medición de nivel de la batería de la caldera es superior a los transmisores de presión de capacidad metálica. Un mejor desempeño se puede atribuir al diseño único del sensor resonante de silicón con resonadores duales.
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.
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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?
Join us for an exclusive look at the XS822 Steam Trap Sensor, a breakthrough in wireless monitoring technology. Learn how this solution empowers your steam system to:
- 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
Take the first step in turning steam waste into measurable savings!
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