Industrial Technologies

division of BIOLAB 

UE Systems Ultrasonic Detection Equipment

Steam Flow Through Steam Trap Orifice Table

To establish the approximate dollar loss, take the lb./hr. figure X 24 hours (for a year X 8760) and multiply by your cost of steam.

Ex: 1/8" orifice @ 50 psi = 29.8 X 8760 = 261,048. At a cost of $5.00/1000 lb.: 261,048 X .005 = $1305.24.

Orifice Diameter

2 psi

5 psi

10 psi

15 psi

25 psi

50 psi

75 psi

Steam Loss, lb / hr

1/32"

0.31

0.49

0.70

0.85

1.14

1.86

2.58

1/16"

1.25

1.97

2.80

3.40

4.60

7.40

10.3

3/32"

2.81

4.44

6.30

7.70

10.3

16.7

15.4

1/8"

4.50

7.90

11.2

13.7

18.3

29.8

41.3

5/32"

7.80

12.3

17.4

21.3

28.5

46.5

64.5

3/16"

11.2

17.7

25.1

30.7

41.1

67.0

93.0

7/32"

15.3

24.2

34.2

41.9

55.9

91.2

126

1/4"

20.0

31.6

44.6

54.7

73.1

119

165

9/32"

25.2

39.9

56.5

69.2

92.5

151

209

5/16"

31.2

49.3

69.7

85.4

114

186

258

11/32"

37.7

59.6

84.4

103

138

225

312

3/8"

44.9

71.0

100

123

164

268

371

13/32"

52.7

83.3

118

144

193

314

436

7/16"

61.1

96.6

137

167

224

365

506

15/32"

70.2

111

157

192

257

419

580

1/2"

79.8

126

179

219

292

476

660

 

Orifice Diameter

100 psi

125 psi

150 psi

200 psi

250 psi

300 psi

Steam Loss, lb / hr

1/32"

3.30

4.02

4.74

6.17

7.61

4.05

1/16"

13.2

16.1

18.9

24.7

30.4

36.2

3/32"

29.7

36.2

42.6

55.6

68.5

81.5

1/8"

52.8

64.3

75.8

99.0

122

145

5/32"

82.5

100

118

154

190

226

3/16"

119

145

170

222

274

326

7/32"

162

197

232

303

373

443

1/4"

211

257

303

395

487

579

9/32"

267

325

384

500

617

733

5/16"

330

402

474

617

761

905

11/32"

399

486

573

747

921

1095

3/8"

475

578

682

889

1096

1303

13/32"

557

679

800

1043

1286

1529

7/16"

674

787

928

1210

1492

1774

15/32"

742

904

1065

1389

1713

2037

1/2"

844

1028

1212

1580

1949

2317

Copyright ©1999-2000 UE Systems, Inc.