Commercial steam boiler replacement

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Actually remember that steam is put into the ovens from an elementary school field trip. Long time ago, but am pretty sure that it was specifically timed and not throughout the entire baking process.

When baking at home you open the oven and give a few shots of water through a sprayer--not practical in a big commercial oven.

Have a feeling that it would be impossible to keep water in liquid form inside the works of the oven to do something similar--thus it would actually contain a boiler... If a boiler were built in it would probably cause all sorts of regulatory and maintenance headaches.

I have no idea of the quantities of steam involved, but could a steam generator for a steam room be used? Perhaps they deal with constant make-up water better?

freyheating265342

Commercial steam boiler replacement

Replacing a Columbia GL series steam boiler. Process steam is being used for a large bread oven. Steam header is piped into oven and free steam is used for process, All excess steam goes out the roof and condensate down the drain. Steam header is tied into the bottom return tapping as the equilizer. Question, do I need an equilizer on a system with no condensate return,, and what is the inspector going to say about not having a hartford loop. Thanks,...Rich t

Ken_8

We too have a few

bakery oven steam boilers we service. It blows my mind a boiler is not made specifically for this purpose. The constant make-up destroys standard boilers even with softenors installed.

The Columbia or Fultons do not require equalizers and most don't require them in this application. I have always wonder why the water vapor necessary to make bread has to be steam - and simply not water sprayed/shot into the 400° oven and be converted upon contact with the oven hot air.

If there is a better way, I'd love to know about it.

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Richard_4

Bakery oven & steam boilers

Went to the Y today and enjoyed a nice hot steam bath. I thaught about my bakers oven as boiler soot was pouring out of my skin. I think that a steam generator would produce enough steam but as whose expense? I will run that by the baker tomorrow. Could be worth a try beings he does not qualify for the financing needed to purchase the boiler & installation. Boiler cost aprox. $9,000.00 My cost?? enough to keep my Y membership and afford typing lessons from my wife.