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December 11, 2020

What are the Differences between the Boiler Blowdown Heat Recovery System Design Options Available on the Market?

If you are looking to specify or purchase a boiler blowdown heat recovery system you’ve likely noticed there are a handful of designs to choose from. This article will walk you through the different choices available on the market and describe the strengths of each.

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Blowdown Separator and Heat Recovery Systems
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September 25, 2020

A Simplified Walk Through of the NB-27 Guide for Blowoff Vessels

*Note to Reader, Interchangeable Terms:  Blowoff Vessel, Blowoff Tank, Blowdown Tank

If you’re not an experienced engineer involved with boiler room equipment design, The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors’ guide for blowoff vessels can be a little daunting. Other than using the complex formulas themselves, part of the unease some individuals may experience is with reading the more open ended statements within the guide. There are so many factors that can effect a blowdown tank’s design it would be nearly impossible for the National Board to write comprehensive guide on each. So naturally they leave some things a bit ambiguous as to the way something can be designed or fabricated (Reference page 2 of NB-27 document).

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July 26, 2019

What are the Differences Between Intermittent Bottom Blowdown from a Boiler and Continuous Surface Water Blowdown from a Boiler?

Whether your boiler room has a fire tube type boiler or a water tube type boiler, flushing out dirty water and replacing it with fresh, clean water is a pivotal process in efficient boiling. With larger boilers, often times both top/surface water blowdown is used along with intermittent bottom blowdown. But what is the difference between these processes and why are each of them used? This article will go through each type of boiler blowdown and briefly discuss equipment used to handle each process.

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June 19, 2019

What are Appropriate Boiler Blowdown Design Parameters? – Designing recommendations for both continuous surface and intermittent bottom blowdown

When designing a new boiler room or making changes to an existing one, one small but pertinent aspect of this is coming up with the appropriate blowdown design percentage for both surface blowdown and bottom blowdown. What is a good rule of thumb to be used as the minimum amount of blowdown to design around? How much is too much? This Madden Manufacturing article will walk through these providing guidance to the questions and explaining why you need to be blowing down your boiler(s) in the first place.

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Blog,  Blowdown Heat Exchangers

January 15, 2019

Have your boiler blowdown waste water pay for boiler fuel costs: Boiler blowdown heat recovery systems by Madden

Boiler rooms that total to 250 BHP or higher (or think steam production around 10,000 PPH or higher) often utilize continuous surface blow down on top of the standard intermittent bottom blowdown process. Continuously blowing down surface water helps keep the boiler free from scale build up on the water or fire tubes and keeps suspended solids and other impurities from hindering efficient boiler operation.

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April 5, 2018

Controlling continuous boiler blowdown flow rate using heavy duty control valves: Madden’s Orifice Meter

The two main ways to control surface blowdown in boilers are by conductivity sensors and manual valves. Conductivity sensors work by measuring the conductivity of the boiler water and then automatically blowing down dirty surface water for a set amount of time until it reaches the operator’s desired conductivity.

Orifice Meter

Manual valves work on a percentage principal. Boiler operators look at water quality and other operating conditions to come up with a percentage of surface water to continuously blowdown. This percentage is based on the boiler’s average steam production. The blowdown percent range needed can vary greatly depending on the boiler room conditions and the water available for boiling.

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Blog,  Orifice Meters

December 1, 2017

How to recover and reuse heat from boiler blowdown water: Part 2, focusing on Madden’s lower vessel of a HV model heat recovery system, the heat excha

In our most recent blog posting we discussed how Madden Manufacturing’s vertical boiler blowdown heat recovery systems recover heat from your boiler’s continuous surface water blowdown. In that blog we focused on the operation of the upper portion, the flash tank, and how it results in saving on fuel costs.

In this blog post we are now going to discuss how the lower vessel, the heat exchanger, operates, resulting in fuel savings.

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November 15, 2017

How to recover and reuse heat from boiler blowdown water: Part 1, focusing on Madden’s upper vessel of a HV model heat recovery system, the flash tank

Madden Manufacturing designs and builds simple, rugged heat recovery systems for boiler and steam generator continuous blowdown. Our units safely and legally dispose of the boiler’s dirty surface water blowdown, all while recovering the heat and saving you money.

We offer two different styles, the vertical HV system and the horizontal HC system. Our boiler blowdown heat recovery products offer great performance and efficient economical return on your investment. Most units will pay for themselves in less than a year.

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