The Steam Superheater is a coil type heat exchanger which is used to produce superheated steam or to convert the wet steam to dry steam, generated by a boiler. It is different from a boiler in a way that, boiler utilizes both sensible heat as well as latent heat to convert water into steam while superheater utilizes only sensible heat to superheat the steam in order to increase its enthalpy.

Platen superheater

Details

Superheating raises overall efficiency as well as avoids too much condensation in last stages of turbine which avoids blade erosion.
The heat of combustion gases from furnace is utilised for removal of moisture from steam and to superheat the steam.
Super-heaters ususlly have several tube circuits in parallel with one or more return bends,connected between headers.
Heat from the hot gases to the vapour in the surperheater is transferred at high temperatures.
Therefore promary section of superheater is arranged in counterflow and secondary section in parallel flow to reduce the temp.stressing of the tube wall.


Principle

Principle of superheater is similar to steam generating tubes of boiler.
The hot gases at high temperature sweep over superheater tubes and raise the temperature of steam which magnitude depends upon exit gas temperature leaving the superheater and gas velocity.
use for heating saturated steam, steam temperature could be up to 900 degree C.
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Function

Superheater is to increase the temperature of the steam above its saturation point.
Reheater is basically a superheater that superheats steam exiting the high-pressure stage of a turbine. The reheated steam is then sent to the low-pressure stage of the turbine. By reheating steam between high-pressure and low-pressure turbine it is possible to increase the electrical efficiency of the power plant cycle beyond 40%.The reheat cycle is used in large power boilers since it is feasible economically only in larger power plants.