Date of Award

4-19-2024

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Department

Engineering & Computer Science

First Advisor

Gunnar Lovhoiden

Abstract

Skidmore Pump is a company that manufactures air vents for the purpose of automatically relieving air from steam main lines. Steam vents are a vital part to any steam distribution system, as they are able to vent out air in the midst of a steady flow of steam. The presence of air can pose a problem in steam systems, as it is a non-condensable gas. In some systems, a neglect to remove air will reduce the efficiency of heat transfer, as the air will cause a stagnant film to reside around critical locations of heat transfer. In Skidmore’s Main Vent line are the following air vent models: #35, #75, and #77.

Recently, Skidmore was notified of a significant price increase and tooling cost that would affect the parts of Main Vent #75 and #77. These larger air vent models both have unique parts which differ in size from Main Vent #35. To restock on the necessary parts will be quite costly for Skidmore Pump, so design modification of the abundant parts pertaining to Main Vent #35 will be explored in order to recreate the same flow characteristics of the latter models [

Subject Area

Skidmore pump; Ventilation

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