Steam Trap Asset Health: Testing Methods, Energy Loss Tracking, and Maximo CBM
A steam trap failing open is, from a purely physical standpoint, doing exactly what it’s designed to do — passing fluid through a small orifice. The problem is that the fluid is steam instead of condensate. From the outside, you cannot tell the difference by looking at the trap. The energy is bleeding away invisibly, at a rate that compounds across hundreds of traps in a facility.
A steam trap failing open is, from a purely physical standpoint, doing exactly what it’s designed to do — passing fluid through a small orifice. The problem is that the fluid is steam instead of condensate. From the outside, you cannot tell the difference by looking at the trap. The energy is bleeding away invisibly, at a rate that compounds across hundreds of traps in a facility.