Waste Heat Recovery • Steam Production • Exhaust Temperature • Pressure Drop • Fouling • Steam Demand • Auxiliary Boiler Offset

Marine Exhaust Gas Economizer Steam Production & Performance Tool

Estimate recoverable exhaust heat, saturated-steam production and demand coverage, then move into a full operating-point performance model with bypass, fouling, gas-side pressure drop, measured-vs-predicted output and fired-boiler fuel offset.

Figures represent
Eight-input steam-production screen.The minimum exhaust outlet temperature is user-entered because acceptable stack temperature depends on engine, fuel, economizer design, corrosion/dew-point considerations and OEM limits.
HeatRecoverable exhaust duty
SteamEstimated saturated steam
DemandCoverage or shortfall

Exhaust & Steam Basis

kg/s through the economizer.
°C.
°C, user/OEM/project criterion.
kJ/kg·K.
% of heat available down to the entered outlet floor.
bar(g), saturated steam assumption.
°C.
t/h for comparison.

Steam / Economizer Design Basis

bar(g), saturated steam basis.
°C.
kJ/kg·K.
°C, user/OEM/project limit.
°C, user-entered reference only.
°C planning margin.
t/h, OEM/project cap.
kg/s for gas-side ΔP scaling.
Pa.
Dimensionless, often near 2 for turbulent systems.
1.0 = clean reference.
Pa, user/OEM/project limit.
% for fuel-offset estimate.
MJ/kg.

Engine / Economizer Operating Points

Each row can represent a voyage phase or engine load point. Measured steam, outlet temperature and pressure drop are optional. Leave measured fields at 0 when unavailable.

UsePhaseHoursEngine load %Gas flow kg/sInlet °CBypass %Heat surface condition %Steam demand t/hMeasured steam t/hMeasured outlet °CMeasured ΔP Pa

Economizer Readiness Checks

Engineering boundary: this tool estimates steady-state heat recovery and saturated-steam production. It does not replace OEM heat-balance calculations, boiler/economizer design, approved steam-system drawings, water-circulation analysis, engine back-pressure checks, boiler-water chemistry control, soot-fire procedures or class approval.
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