Calculating the Steam Balance to Monitor & Alert Network Deviations

Recognizing and detecting deviations in steam balance ensures they do not rise past a certain desired threshold. Optimally, that limit is near zero. But to find the deviations, engineers must calculate the steam balance for the various networks (low-, medium-, and high-pressure steam), which is the difference of the quantity of steam coming in (provider) minus the steam taken off during the process (consumer). They also must determine from that balance if too much or too little steam was coming into the process.