Product Handbook 2026 - Volume 1

Control systems Desuperheaters

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Which desuperheater is right for my application? This is a general guide and does not represent every option available. Please contact us if you have any queries regarding selection for your specific application.

Start

Yes

Are process parameters relatively fixed? Turndown < 2:1

SND or STD

No

Yes

Is residual superheat? > 74 °C (165 °F)

No

Yes

Is turndown? < 4:1

VTD or SAD without recycle

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No

Yes

Yes

Is turndown? < 5:1

Is application part of a pressure reducing station?

No

No

Yes

Yes

Is turndown? > 50:1

Is it a vertical installation?

No

No

Yes

Yes

SAD without recycle

Is application part of a pressure reducing station?

Is auxillary steam available as an atomising source?

No

Yes

SAD with recycle

Is auxillary steam available as an atomising source?

No

Consider a number of appropriate units in parallel

Sizing and selection software It is necessary to use our online sizing and selection software so that the desuperheater can be correctly specified and ordered. The software will generate a desuperheater data sheet and general assembly detail drawing of the resulting product. Please refer to TI-P475-06 'Desuperheater Online Programme Sizing Guidance' for further information.

TI-P475-01 TES Issue 5

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