Steam is essential to most modern process facilities. It can be used for heat transfer, power generation, mechanical work, sterilization, and humidification across many industries and applications. It is becoming increasingly important to measure the amount of steam being used. Environmental impact, financial incentives, and safety considerations are a few of the key drivers of this increased focus. But steam is a challenging fluid – high pressures and temperatures, varying degrees of steam quality, and different types of steam make it hard to measure. No one technology is sufficient for every steam application, so care must be taken to select the right meter for the job.
  
There are several flow metering technologies for measuring steam, such as vortex, differential pressure, and turbine, each with its own merits and limitations. The process conditions of an application – pipe dimensions, proximity to bends or obstructions, flow velocity, and characteristics of the steam itself (heat, pressure, quality), to name a few – dictate which meter type should be used. The guide below matches our steam metering technologies with various application considerations.

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