Process and Steam Generating Device for Generating Process Steam

Abstract

A method for generating process steam using condensate recycled in the form of feed water is described and illustrated. In order to be able to achieve a higher efficiency with the method, it is proposed that the process steam is delivered to a consumer device (V) to form a condensate by at least partial condensation of the process steam, that the condensate from the consumer device (V) is fed to a feed water treatment for treatment, that feed water from the feed water treatment is separated into a steam phase and a liquid phase in a flash tank, that the liquid phase of the feed water is evaporated in an evaporator to form a raw steam, and that the steam phase of the feed water and the raw steam are compressed in at least one compressor to form process steam.

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