Steam Generation Technology with Significant Energy and Water Savings.
Reduce the carbon footprint to Zero for steam generation—deep decarbonization.
When is an electric Steam Generator better than a conventional boiler (fossil fuel or inefficient electric)?
When the user needs:
- The steam quality required is more than saturated steam for improved productivity and antibacterial efficacy.
- When energy efficiency is critical – Ask your supplier how much energy is used from room temperature water to the temperature of use.
- For comfort heating with high energy efficiency*.
- For processes that need variable temperature and variable flow rate, e.g., drying, chemical reactions, fuel productions
- For clean steam use in pharma or food sectors. A clean steam requires dry steam – no water in the steam with dissolved impurities.
- For all modern installations where touch screen controls activate and regulate steam (instead of struggling with several rusted stuck valves). Such features improve efficiency and productivity.
- Local steam codes met with UL, ASME, and CRN regulations.
*Our experience indicates that an electric steam generator can be almost 50% more efficient in energy use than a fossil fuel steam generator and 25% better than an electric boiler. (Approximate comparison only – individual situations can vary – please get in touch with MHI for details and assumptions used – Note 1 BHP~9.6KW)
Depending on the assumptions for CO2 emission costs, an electric steam generator will likely cost less than conventional boilers.
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Directly control steam processes and humidity. The instant steam generators directly sense signals to regulate the steam rate and the set temperature automatically.
OAB Variable Steam Rate Industrial Generator
Reduce water wastage with the OAB MightySteam smart steam generator. Easy to install. Simple to use. Cost-effective. Optimize – use only the amount of water required – save considerable energy.
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Steam Generator Models.
- OAB® Models. 60 kg/hr -6000 Kg/hr. steam
- GOAB Models 2kg/hr – 40 kg/hr.
- Laboratory 1 kg/hr Models. Steam HGA, Steam-Air Mix HGA-M.
Is it time to upgrade to a more reliable, easy-to-use, instant electric steam generation system with built-in modern energy-saving features? Upgrade to a generator that offers independent control over the steam flow rate, temperature, and backpressure. MHI high-temperature steam allows everyone easy access to clean steam that does not contain boiler residue, chemical or bacterial contaminants, or other undesirable solid substances.
Unlike conventional boilers, patented MHI steam generators make instant,t high-quality, superheated, dry steam above the inversion temperature.
Flexibility in the steam characteristics leads to enhanced energy efficiencies, accurate process control, and water savings. MHI steam generators with touch-screen inputs offer features like electrical on-off (on-demand steam) and management of steam operations with signals from external sensors (humidity meters, concentrators, valves).
Industrial Models.
- GOAB™ with variable temperature and variable steam rate adjustment. Several models.
Today, the need for high-quality, clean electric steam also encompasses zero emissions, high energy efficiency, and minimum spatial footprint configuration requirements. The MightySteam® and OAB® steam generators produce non-condensing steam above the inversion temperature. Because there are no liquid droplets, the steam is of high quality. This improves steam performance for pharmaceutical use, clean comfort, and utility.
When converting from fossil fuel energy to electric energy, steam generation, the following aspects may be helpful to consider:
- The OAB® steam generators operate at 98% or better efficiency at typical utility-steam temperatures. Because the efficiencies are higher for the same energy use – please consider if the requirement for power used can be reduced when converting to electric steam generators.
- The size of electric boilers is small, and there are no gas emissions. One can take advantage of positioning several smaller electric boilers instead of using one large boiler.
- The on-off capability, the variable temperature, and the variable flow-rate features can be usefully employed to save energy with electric steam generators.
- Several chemical processes can be accelerated for higher productivity gains with high-temperature steam, typically from electric steam generators. High-temperature steam from electric generators does not require the steam generator to operate at high pressures.
With this modern energy and time-saving steam generator, there is no need for superheaters or boilers to 800°C+ for high-quality clean steam. No combustible fuel oils or gases, No intense magnetic field. No heating of flow pipes by induction. The temperature measured is that of the steam, not of the line.
Self-cleaning systems – save in downtime and labor hours.
Click here to send us your requirements for a variable steam rate, variable temperature, variable backpressure, and instant on-off steam generation. Temperature choices from 150°C, 200°C, 300°C, 550°C or 750/800°C and 1300°C.
R&D and Process Development Models.
- 1 Kg/hr with temperatures from low to 1300C.
- 4Kg/hr and 12Kg/hr Fixed Steam Flow Models
- 6 Kg/hr and 12 kg/hr variable flow steam and temperature up to 800C and beyond.
- Click for mixed Air-Steam models HGA-M
- Click for Steam Chambers for R&D
Clean Manufacturing
Link to a Brief History of Steam Production Methods
Introduction to various types of steam and humidity
Why is the MHI Electric Steam Generator Efficient? The HGA, GHGA, and OAB® steam generators have been a product of intense R&D and customer acceptance over the past decades. These modern steam generators use surface enhancement nanotechnologies, optimized 
high-impact heating materials, unique designs, and efficient control electronics. MHI Inc. holds several current patents in materials and heater designs. The graph below shows one example of MHI’s significantly improved materials in its build.
Deep Decarbonize and High Efficiency with MHI Steam Generators: Unlike traditional boilers, which lose significant efficiency with pressure, Steam generators typically operate with high efficiency and allow operation at the minimum back process pressure required regardless of the temperature of the steam output. The efficiency is higher than 95%, even close to 98%, with rapid heat up within minutes for dry steam, touch screen safety features, zero CO2, and zero NOx. The generators offer variable steam flow and variable back pressure for constant temperature. The units are built to the highest level of user-preferred ASME codes. Modern ethernet protocols and electrical code compliance are offered. Contact MHI.
MHI Electric Steam Generators are clean: Older steam boilers are fuel-fired (fossil-fired) and may use biofuels, coal, natural gas, and byproduct materials. The composition of exhaust gases from a boiler depends on the type of fuel used and may need cleaning treatment if they contain pollutants such as CO2, CO, SO2, Soot, Ash, NOx, and particles. MHI steam generators do not produce or emit these. Traditional boilers require boiler rooms and a certified workforce. Compare energy efficiencies of different methods of making steam.
Patented MHI nano-material treatment of boiler steel materials shows a significant lowering in the rate of oxidation and steam oxidation at high temperatures.
The MHI Steam Generators work hard for you. Depending on the model, they monitor the incoming electric phase variations, steam temperature, and steam flow rate, display any developing faults, and accept a host of user input controls. They even monitor the quality of water.
OAB steam generator software control
Modern Steam. MightySteam® products reduce the price of high-quality steam. Enjoy high conversion efficiencies, and save water.
Modern PLC, SCR, HMI (touch screen) operation. Remote communications and control.
MightySteam® Products (Industrial and R&D Use)
MigthySteam® Controlled Humidity Products (Commercial Use)
Use less energy for the same outcome.
Energy savings with steam for deep decarbonization.
Energy Content and Combustion Efficiency of Fuels that are Used for Steam Generation.(Source) |
Comparison of CO2 Emissions One million BTU of fossil-fuel combustion energy (i.e., ~1055055 KJ) can make ~380 Kg of 100°C steam. The mass of carbon dioxide in lbs., produced with one million BTU, is given below. |
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| *Natural Gas/ MMBtu | 100-132°C | 80-86 | Yes | Yes | ~117 lbs | |
| *Coal/ Ton | 100-121°C | 75-90 | Yes | Yes | ~163 lbs. | |
| Electric Steam Generator/ KWh
MightySteam® Products |
100°C – 1300°C
Steam pressure and temperature are independently set. Variable flow rate settings. |
96 – 99 | No | No | 0 lbs. (zero) | Clean Steam |
Brief History (Chronology) of Disruptive Steam Production Methods
Instant high-temperature, variable steam, and variable backpressure.
Compare steam production methods.
Save energy and water.
On-demand rapid high-temperature steam generation.
Compare Traditional Steam Boilers to Modern Steam Generators
Steam generators are versatile. They are open-flow systems where the steam rate and back pressure can be preset. The working of the steam generator does not require pressure as an independent variable. When a pressure rating for the steam generator is specified, the rating indicates the pressure tolerance of the system. There is a lot of flexibility for applications. A pressure setting (value) can be input (user input) before the start of a cycle. This pressure setting may be the on-off trigger to turn off the generator for maximum process pressure. Or it can be an RH trigger from downstream. The unit can be preset to automatically start again quickly and make high-temperature steam if the pressure or RH value falls.
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Smart Controls for Steam Generators
Fixed or Variable Steam Flow. Instant on-off. From 4Kg/hr to Higher.
Vittori™ High-Temperature Steam Delivery Tubes
Flexible Pipe for Steam Delivery (Vittori™ Tubes)
Steam output: 1-180 kg/hr. OAB® Models
Models 4kg/hr, 12kg/hr Single Phase. Instant Steam Generation.
Models 40 Kg/hr, 100 Kg/hr and 180 Kg/hr. Three Phase models for the higher steam rate.
Three-phase systems include PLC and HMI interfaces.
Temperature Range: 250-800°C for OAB-4 and OAB-12.
Temperature range 150-800°C for OAB-40 and OAB-100
Steam Rate Flow Adjustment: Discrete and continuous modes for steam flow adjustments.
Up to 10 Bar low-price production models with backpressure tolerant models are available for high flows.
Variable Steam Flow Rate, Variable Pressure, and Variable Temperature in One Unit
Steam output: 6-12 Kg/hr Variable Steam Flow Rate.
Temperature Range: 100°C – 800°C and higher.
Steam Rate Flow Adjustment: Discrete and continuous modes. Touch screen easy change of flow.
Back Pressure Tolerant Models Available. Amazing!
Steam Superheaters for existing boilers
Steam Connectors
Elegant Easy to use Electric Steam Generators and Panels
Air-Steam Mixtures. High humidity generators.
Air-Steam Mixture High Temperature Models HGA-M
High Specific Humidity Devices Several New Models
Hybrid Steam Air: Choose Temperature, Pressure, Air Flow and Amount of Steam
MHI will quote a proper premix integrated system
For Low Flow Rates
Steam Output: 1 kg/hr.
HGA-S Models: for Pure Steam
Temperature Maximum:
300°C (HGA-S-01) to
1300°C (HGA-CX1300)
Steam Rate Flow Adjustment: Discrete and continuous mode is available
Modern Steam Applications Technologies
Steam Chambers (Non-moving Products) – typically for R&D Tests
Steam Tunnels (Continuous Product) for Packaging and Textiles
Be compliant with modern energy and environmental demands.
Use steam above the inversion temperature.
On and Off at will.
Enjoy independent control of temperature, steam amount, and pressure.
OAB instant steam for packaging
Steam Tunnels (Continuous Product) for Packaging and Textiles
What is saturated steam? When water molecules exist in a gaseous state at a temperature above the boiling temperature of the water, it is called the superheated steam state. The boiling temperature depends on the pressure (e.g., 100°C for 1 atmosphere, 134°C for 3 atmospheres, and so on). Steam only at the boiling temperature is called saturated steam.
What is the difference between saturated steam and superheated steam? Saturated steam is always steam at the boiling point, whereas superheated steam is at a higher temperature than the boiling point (at that pressure). The main difference between saturated and superheated steam is that saturated steam is at a two-phase (liquid and gas) equilibrium temperature. So it could contain water droplets, whereas the higher-temperature superheated steam is a high enthalpy gas (called high-quality steam as there are no water droplets). Superheated steam has a higher work potential compared to saturated steam. Work potential enables mechanical work and chemical reactions. On the other hand, Saturated steam is often classified as low-quality steam.
What is high-temperature superheated steam? Steam above the boiling point at any pressure is broadly classified as high-temperature superheated steam*. The temperature should be at least a few degrees centigrade above the boiling point to be classified as superheated steam. However, for many modern steam applications, the steam temperature has to be much higher than the boiling temperature (well into the superheated steam temperature range).
How is highly superheated steam made? Hot steam is made with rapid steam generators like the OAB® and HGA. Unlike traditional boiler technology for a high steam temperature, current steam generators avoid high pressures. The temperature for most combinatoric-steam applications should be higher than the inversion temperature (typically above 200°C) for reaping the benefits of superheated-steam-enhanced processes like drying, bio-energy production, high-level microbial and viral cleaning, energy production, antimicrobial, bio-digestion, chemical reactions, fuel production, syn-gas, methane reduction, and many others. A new area of research is the combinatory steam area for energy reduction. * MHI definition is invoked. The temperature of good superheated steam is above any inversion temperature and much higher than the equilibrium saturation temperature. The equilibrium saturation temperature is the temperature (at a given pressure) where water or water droplets can coexist with steam-gas, i.e., the boiling point. Saturation temperatures depend on pressure, e.g., ~100°C at 1 Bar or 121°C at 2 Bar, etc. Instant high quality-clean steam with high temperatures ranging from 300°C to 1300°C is now readily available for steam applications. Such applications are multiplying. OAB® and 4DSintering® are registered MHI Trademarks.
In contrast to conventional pressure boilers, steam generators produce steam quickly on start-up, produce high-quality steam, and have fewer restrictions for piping. Where is high-temperature steam typically used? Fuel Production, Antimicrobial Use, Comfort Humidity Addition, Oxidation and Erosion Studies, Food Industry, Packaging, Chemicals, Cleaning, and Materials. Bio-processes, Energy, Hydrolysis, Process Heating, Flavors, Drying, Textiles, and even the Simulation of Martian Atmospheres (Nature, December 2017). Several more applications are listed here.
What is the inversion temperature of steam? The inversion temperature is most commonly known as the temperature at which the evaporation rates into pure superheated steam and completely dry air are equal. Typically ~200°C with some dependence on the surface. The inversion temperature is the temperature for rapid antimicrobial action and rapid ceramics drying.
Multipliers to process efficiencies. High-grade, high-quality superheated steam offers a good multiplier to process efficiencies – i.e., it is SmartSteam™. Several US and International Patents protect MHI steam generators. The temperature of the MHI steam models reflects the actual steam temperature. The savings efficiencies reported are from an On to Off condition (in contrast, please note that several boiler efficiencies are reported only at a steady state)—no requirement to heat any tubes or nozzles to produce steam.
Resources: Steam Energy Calculator. Videos and Media Gallery.
Sustainability: Superheated steam enhances sustainability by reducing climate risk, accelerating energy transitions, increasing food security, and advancing health outcomes.
What superheated steam is not? It is not mist nor fog. Mist and fog have water droplets in the gas, thus the name fog. View the comparison pictures of the difference between mist/fog-steam and a high-temperature steam gas, even when produced such that the nozzle area has no mist. In the picture, please note that MHI steam generators produce mist-free gas.
Why are these devices only possible from MHI? MHI uses patented nano-structured surfaces and other novel materials that have only recently become commercially available for active steam use. MHI engineers have combined decades of thermal know-how and recent patented technologies with well-accepted/reliable MHI control systems for high-power and high-temperature steam delivery. It is a part of MHI’s overall development strategy for intelligent power in modern thermal applications. Substantial energy savings result from OAB® steam use compared to combustion heating of boilers.
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For many facilities, steam is critical to keep processes and procedures operating within normal parameters and expectations. With this in mind, choosing a steam generation system that offers high reliability and exceptional safety while reducing energy costs and maximizing operational efficiency is essential.
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Easy Fit to Industrial Production Machines and Tunnels
Energy Saving Tunnels
Large Decarbonized Steam Generators
Superheated steam uses are in – Energy, Cleaning, Heat exchangers, Textile Processing, Pulp and Paper, Cooking, Drying, Disinfection and Sterilization, Cleaning and Recycling, Drying Paint, Drying Machine Parts, and Re-forming Surfaces. Food and storage products, Tobacco Products, Textile Mill Products, Apparel, and Other Textile Products, Lumber and Wood Products, Bio mass-energy, BioPharma, Oxidation studies (inorganic and organic), Paper and Allied Products, Steam spray in hospital use, greenhouse, Soil, Printing and Publishing, Chemicals and Allied Products, Petroleum and Coal Products, Petroleum Refining, Rubber and polymers, steam injection, emulsification, Plastics Products, Steam Chest Molding, Leather and Leather Products, Stone, Clay and Glass Products, Cement, Grain, Canola, Alfa-alfa. How to specify an OAB tunnel. Antimicrobial use industries are Chemical, Hospitals, Paper/Corrugating, Power Generation, Tobacco, General Manufacturing, Animal Feed, Dairy, Hotels, Petroleum Production., Rubber, Wire and Cable, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Food Processing, Marine & Offshore, Pharmaceutical, Steel, Mining, Beverage and similar. Laboratory scale steam generation, Sterilization, Fuel cell development, Fuel processor development, Chamber and tube furnaces. Bench scale to full industrial scale.
Industries where continuous steam is used: Hydraulic, Primary Metal Industries, Blast Furnace and Basic Steel Products, Fabricated Metal Products, Industrial Machinery and Equipment, Electronic and Other Electric Equipment, Transportation Equipment, Instruments and Related Products, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Electronics, Oil and Gas, Ethanol, pre-treatment of biomass, Pyrolysis, Oil, herbs, Steam Reforming, Complex Methane Ammonia Producing Reactions, Hydrogen reforming, Biodiesel fuels, Finishing, Food, Packaging, Printing, Paper, Pulp, Converting, Forest Products, Comfort Steam, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Rubber, Batteries, Electrode drying, Vinyl, Bio-solids, Sanitation, Disinfection, WGSR reactions, Low oxygen content H2O gas, so dry and could sometimes even be for sterilization, Soil re mediation, steam stripping of Volatile, industrial propane dehydrogenation processes, Pulp, hog/animal-fuel, clean or emulsify bark sludges, Reverse water gas-shift reactions and flavor reactions, Lumber and/or efficient Paper-drying, peat/jute drying, Gasification-reactor, Consider for vacuum production steam in ejector nozzles with steam or steam air mixes with over 50m/s steam exit velocity, Textile-drying, Drying. Swelling Starch, Starch Granules, Starch Gelatinization. Cleaning with MightySteam • Humidification for Dry and Humid Atmospheres in Ceramic and Paper Rolls and Comfort Processing, Work, and Propulsion by Steam, Heating, Sterilization, Vacuum, and oven use. Atomization of Fluids, Motorization, and Modification. Waste to Fuel Prototype and Simulation. Ask MHI for Sample Catalytic Surfaces Quasi R or ceramic substrates that can take catalysts.
Steam Chambers up to 1300C for oxidation and food contact studies in a pure steam environment.
Steam for Packaging and Textiles
While several applications offer down-the-line energy efficiencies with high-temperature superheated steam use, one typical application is to make hydrogen with steam reforming of methane or organic materials; here, the higher temperatures give rise to considerably better reaction efficiencies. Food Safety Use. Food Security. Vertical Farming. Dryer Configurations: Batch/Cabinet, Can/Drum, Continuous/Conveyor, Deck, Loop, Loft, Paddle, Ring, Roll/Cylinder, Rotary, Shelf/Tray/Truck, Skin (both artificial and inorganic), Tensionless, Frame, Tower, Tunnel, Warp, Web, Wicket. Dryer Types Possible: Centrifugal, Combination Infrared/Convection, Attenuate CFC and HCFC Conduction, Convection – Counterflow, Convection – Impingement, Convection -Flotation, Convection, -Through-Air, Dehumidifying, Flash, Fluid-Bed, Infrared – catalytic, Infrared – Longwave, Infrared – Medium-wave, Infrared – Short -wave, Microwave, Radio Frequency, Spray, Steam, Vacuum. Energy Source: Dual Fuel, Electricity, Steam. Materials Dried, Food, Paste/Mixes, Powders, Slurries, Solids, Solvent- and Water-based Materials. Manufacturing Process: Calcining, Curing, Dehydrating, Drying, Dry sand, and investment molds, Finishing, Fusing, Granulating, Heat Setting, Acoustics, Research, Heat Shrinking, Laminating, Moisture Profiling, Pasteurizing, Pre-and Post-Drying. Industries Served: Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Electronics, Alternatives to Waste Heat Boilers Augmented, Oil and Gas, biotic and abiotic cleaning, Ethanol, Biodiesel Fuels, Hydrolysis, Finishing, Food, Packaging, Printing, Paper, Pulp, Converting, Forest Products, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Rubber, functionalize graphite, graphene, Boron nitride, Vinyl. Biosolids include Sterilization, Soil remediation-steam stripping of volatile, Pulp, hog-fuel, bark sludges, Paper Drying, Peat/Jute Drying gasification reactor, Textile drying, salt drying, and reclamation. If you use steam, steam, water, and steam air mixes in de-Superheaters, a better control could be directed with OAB® or HGA-M models. Steam Tunnels.
MHI systems are used for fuel production in Gasification, Pyrolysis, Combustion, Digestion, or even Fermentation -kinetics enhancement.
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