ABSTRACT
Within the food industry, steam is used for processing, drying, and heating and for general use such as in sanitizing. Some type of steam generation system is included in most food processing plants. The demand for steam varies in different operations and in some plants or parts of the plant, steam is used continuously while it is used intermittently in others. The steam generation system must be adapted to the operations that will be performed within a plant. Since the boiler room is the energy source for most processes, the system needs to be designed with possible expansion and maintenance in mind.
