Abstract
With a Steam Trap Management Program a plant can expect to achieve a 95% performance level. This is minimally a 30% improvement above the industry norm in North America. The average industrial plant has a 58% performance level. On average, for every hundred steam traps installed only 58 were working effectively -- 42% needed attention! These programs had associated cost benefits of at least 100% return on investment, a maximum six month breakeven on cash flow, and an energy cost reduction amounting to as much as 10%.
Atlas, R. D. (1983). Managing the Steam Trap Population. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94503.