Vacuum Pumps

Vacuum pumps are designed to remove air and lift condensate in the condensate recovery portion of your steam heating system. Receivers typically have two compartments—one to collect hot condensate and one to produce the vacuum. Tank materials can be close-grained cast iron or black steel. Thicker black steel or 300- series stainless steel for increased corrosion resistance is optional on some models. Both simplex and duplex configurations are available with and without mounted, pre-wired control panels.

Vacuum pumps can:

• Lower boiler operating costs by enabling the boiler to run at a lower operating pressure and still get a pressure differential across traps in the steam system.
• Achieve substantial energy savings by collecting the already-heated condensate and returning it to the boiler quickly, thereby lowering the consumption of fuel needed to heat additional cold make-up water.
• Lower operating costs by reusing hot condensate already chemically treated, thereby reducing the consumption of additional chemicals needed to treat fresh make-up water.

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