Armstrong University

Goodbye Manual Steam Trap Checks...Hello Wireless Monitoring

9/8/2011 | 448 Views | 0 Comments

Steam trap monitoring has entered the 21^st century with the advent of SteamEye® a wireless transmitter that detects temperature and ultrasonic fluctuations in steam flow and reports the data to web-based application known as SteamStar™.

It’s not a matter of if, but rather a matter of when your steam traps will fail. Most institutions do not have enough man power to physically check all steam traps continuously in order to maintain a low failure rate.

Up until now, you just had to figure a certain failure rate into the equation but that costs money and budgets are tight. According to Armstrong International who developed SteamEye® and SteamStar™, a single steam trap with a 1/8 inch orifice that has a steam leak or that has failed can squander more than $4,000 a year.

SteamEye® uses a radio frequency (RF) wireless transmitter mounted at the inlet of any type of steam trap to detect temperature and ultrasonic fluctuations in steam flow. A central receiver then alerts system operators of a trap failure.

SteamEye® technology continuously reports the status of your steam traps for optimum energy steam management and savings. It can be installed on traps in service without shutting off the steam and its remote, wireless operation addresses the labor costs and safety issues associated with manual monitoring.

SteamEye® automatically updates SteamStar™, Armstrong’s Web-based application, providing instant validation for continuous trap monitoring. This is the only Web-based application that demonstrates savings while showcasing energy-reduction efforts.

SteamEye® and SteamStar™ together can accurately show losses in steam, fuel, money and emissions based on formulas approved by the United Nations Technical Committee. When a trap fails, it displays in real-time instantly showing report losses. This will allow end-users to respond to steam trap failures immediately limiting the monetary loss associated with prolonged failures. 

Affiliated Steam and Hot Water, headquartered in Alsip, Ill., is an authorized Armstrong Rep and together with Armstrong has successfully installed SteamEye® and SteamStar™ in major universities such as Notre Dame saving the universities thousands of dollars in steam and fuel costs in just under a year.

For more information or to receive a steam audit, call 800-424-5392 today or visit

www.AffiliatedSteam.com on the Internet.

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