Recycling high pressure steam for heating purposes

Apparatus for diverting exhaust steam from existing manufacturing machinery utilizing recycled high pressure steam in the manufacture of products by said existing manufacturing machinery to conventional environmental heating equipment, comprising:

• a source of exhaust steam taken downstream from said manufacturing machinery;
• diverting means, connected to said exhaust steam source, for diverting at least some of said exhaust steam to a conduit;
• an on-off valve installed in said conduit, downstream of said diverting means, to selectively allow the flow of said exhaust steam to said conventional environmental heating equipment;
• a steam pressure regulator installed in said conduit to adjust the pressure of said diverted exhaust steam to a pressure suitable for use by said conventional environmental heating equipment;
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• conventional environmental heating equipment downstream of said steam pressure regulator that uses said exhaust steam for interior environmental heating purposes.