摘要 |
A combined safety shower and eyewash station utilizes steam to heat water in a heat exchanger. Cool water is combined with heated water from the water outlet of the heat exchanger by a temperature-regulated mixing valve. If the water at the water outlet of the heat exchanger becomes too hot, some of the water is fed to the steam inlet of the heat exchanger. This makes it easy for the mixing valve to regulate water temperature even though the shower uses water at a much higher rate than does the eyewash station. Steam is fed to the heat exchanger through a steam valve which is opened automatically when a demand for warm water is sensed by a pressure-drop flow sensor. An overtemperature responsive actuator overrides the demand sensor to shut off the steam. A steam trap at the inlet of the steam valve eliminates cold condensate so that the apparatus is able to deliver warm water substantially immediately upon demand.
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