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Trap Working

During startup, the trap's cold air vent ring keeps the disc valve open to discharge initial air and cold condensate. As steam heats the air vent ring, it expands and releases the disc valve. The steam jet then creates low pressure, allowing the disc to close and trap steam. When condensate enters and cools the trap, pressure drops and the disc opens to discharge condensate. This process repeats to automatically remove condensate from the trap.

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Trap Working

During startup, the trap's cold air vent ring keeps the disc valve open to discharge initial air and cold condensate. As steam heats the air vent ring, it expands and releases the disc valve. The steam jet then creates low pressure, allowing the disc to close and trap steam. When condensate enters and cools the trap, pressure drops and the disc opens to discharge condensate. This process repeats to automatically remove condensate from the trap.

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During startup, the trap is cold and the bimetal air vent ring is contracted, keeping the disc

valve raised. During this time, large amounts of initial air and cold condensate can be discharged from the trap. The bimetal air vent ring holds the disc valve open, preventing air-flow obstacles (air binding). As steam enters the trap, the bimetal air vent ring is heated and expands, quickly slipping down the valve seat skirt, freeing the disc. The steam flows rapidly under the released disc and the jet creates a low-pressure region (Bernoulli's principle). The steam jet flows into the pressure chamber creating a high pressure region as the steam loses velocity and is compressed. This pressure pushes the disc valve down to close the valve seat. When condensate enters the trap, the temperature in the pressure chamber drops, causing the steam to condense and the pressure to drop. If the pressure becomes lower than the inlet pressure, the disc valve opens to discharge condensate. Soon after the condensate is discharged, the valve closes utilizing the same principle. In this manner, the valve opens and closes automatically to intermittently discharge condensate that enters the trap.

The X-element is open at start-up because the system is cold. Large amounts of air and low temperature condensate are rapidly discharged through the open valve, thereby reducing the startup time. When the temperature inside the trap rises, it causes the thermoliquid inside the X-element to expand. The valve remains open until the temperature approaches the saturation temperature of the inlet steam pressure. Once the temperature inside the trap rises close to the saturation temperature of the inlet steam pressure, the valve closes. When the inflow of condensate begins, the X-element is cooled causing the valve to open immediately, and condensate is discharged in the intermittent operation representative of disc type traps. If the amount of condensate is extremely small, however, the valve opens only slightly and a dribble-discharge type of operation takes place. In addition, the trap reacts with great sensitivity to temperature differences to rapidly discharge air that is close to the saturation temperature.

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