Can steam boilers be used for heating in winter?

Autumn has arrived, the temperature is gradually dropping, and winter has even entered in some northern areas. Entering winter, one issue begins to be constantly mentioned by people, and that is the heating issue. Some people may ask, hot water boilers are generally used for heating, so are steam boilers suitable for heating? Today, Nobeth will answer this question for everyone.

Steam boilers can be used for heating, but most of the heating range uses hot water boilers. It is relatively rare to use steam boilers for heating, which reflects that for heating, the advantages of hot water boilers are still more obvious.

Although the intrinsic performance of a steam boiler is very good, if it is used for heating, a heat exchanger must be used to absorb the medium to meet the user’s heating requirements. Moreover, the temperature rise and pressure rise of steam heating are very fast, which can easily cause adverse effects on the radiator, such as rapid cooling and sudden heating, easy water leakage, easy to cause metal fatigue, reduced service life, easy to rupture, etc.

If the surface temperature of the radiator in a steam boiler is too high, it is unsafe, and it will also cause poor indoor environmental conditions; if the heating pipe effect is not good before the heating steam is supplied, water hammer will be caused during the steam supply, which will produce a lot of noise. ; In addition, the water in the boiler is heated to absorb the heat released by the fuel, and the water molecules turn into steam and absorb part of the heat, causing energy consumption.

If the heat source of the heating boiler is steam, it must be converted into hot water through the action of a heat exchanger to use as a heat dissipation medium. It is not as convenient as directly using a water heater. In addition to simplifying the process, it can also reduce part of the energy consumption of the equipment.

Generally speaking, steam boilers are not bad, but it is not economical to use them for heating, and there are many problems. Therefore, in recent years, steam boilers have become less popular as heat sources, and instead they have been gradually replaced by water heaters. replaced.