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Steam Publications

Sourcebooks

Reference books that provide information on activities, resources, applications, standards, and guidelines for increasing industrial energy efficiency.

Improving Steam System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry (PDF 1.26 MB) (Updated 12/04)

Tip Sheets

These two-page tip sheets provide quick advice on how to keep your systems running at their maximum efficiency.

Click here for a complete list of steam tip sheets.

Technical Fact Sheets and Handbooks

Publications with "how-to" technical detail on increasing system efficiencies. Available from the EERE Information Center or at 1-877-EERE-INF (877-337-3463). Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. (Download Adobe Reader)

Achieve Steam System Excellence: Industrial Technologies Program BestPractices Steam Overview Fact Sheet (PDF 279 KB)

BestPractices Steam Technical Brief: Steam Pressure Reduction-Opportunities and Issues (PDF 1.2 MB)

BestPractices Steam Technical Brief: How to Calculate the True Cost of Steam (PDF 485 KB)

BestPractices Steam Technical Brief: Industrial Heat Pumps for Steam and Fuel Savings (PDF 446 KB)

BestPractices Steam Technical Brief: Industrial Steam System Heat-Transfer Solutions (PDF 443 KB)

BestPractices Steam Technical Brief: Industrial Steam System Process-Control Schemes (PDF 785 KB)

Guide to Combined Heat and Power Systems for Boiler Owners and Operators (PDF 2.91 MB)

Guide to Low-Emission Boiler and Combustion Equipment Selection (PDF 2 MB)
(PDF 18 MB) - High-Resolution File

Review of Orifice Plate Steam Traps (PDF 1.09 MB)

Save Energy Now in Your Steam Systems (PDF 412 KB)

Steam Digest: Volume IV (2003) (PDF 4.5 MB)

Steam Digest 2002 (PDF 1.4 MB)

Steam Digest 2001

Steam Systems Energy Efficiency Handbook (PDF 1.16 MB)

Steam Systems Survey Guide (PDF 708 KB)

Market Assessments

Steam System Opportunity Assessment for the Pulp and Paper, Chemical Manufacturing, and Petroleum Refining Industries

Main Report (PDF 1.30 MB)
Appendices (PDF 2.37 MB)