[SEL] Maybe OT; steam pipe

[mullt at att.net]

Most new hospitals have central steam plants. The steam has a number of uses in a hospital including heating of the building, domestic hot water, humidificaction, sterilization and a number of other uses. It can also provide cooling with absrobption chillers. Several of the older college campuses have central steam plants and when a new building is built, it is usually connected to the steam system.

St. Louis has a steam loop in the downtown area. Most of the new buildings are connected to the steam loop for heating, etc. There is a steam boiler plant in a building near the downtown area. I think it used to burn coal in the boilers  but uses natural gas now. At one time, they were looking a burning trash to generate steam but that turned out to not be economically feasible.

Tom in St. Louis

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Elden DuRand" <edurand at mchsi.com>
>
> Lew:
> 
> Years ago, companies set-up central boiler plants to supply steam to buildings 
> in the center city areas.  The steam was used for heat, both air and water.  I 
> know that in Louisville, KY, there was still such a system operating as of a few 
> years ago.
> 
> I guess that these systems are still in use because of the prohibitive cost of 
> retrofitting modern systems into old buildings.  It'd be interesting to know if 
> there are any new buildings being built that use central steam plants.
> 
> Take care - Elden 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
> >  Behalf Of Lew Best
> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 08:14 AM
> > To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > Subject: [SEL] Maybe OT; steam pipe
> > 
> ................................snip..........
> 
> > My curiosity is what is this steam for?  Where is 
> > it produced?  They
> > said this pipe dated back to 1924.
> >  
> > Lew Best near Waco, TX
> 
> 
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