Drain pots in HP Steam lines

Do drain pots provided in HP Steam line come into action in the operating conditions in power plants ? The reason I am asking this is because as per the heat balance diagram , the steam conditions in the line are superheated, which means that the steam is totally dry.

As per my understanding, the only time , condensate may form in the line is during the start-up when the pipe's inner surface is cold, and small amount of superheated steam may be condensed after coming in contact with this cold surface.

My next question comes from the previous one, if no condensate is formed during the normal operating conditions. Is there any way by which the slope given in the HP Steam line may be removed, and some other method may be employed to drain out the condensate formed during start-up.

Regards
Paritosh Garg Received on Fri Oct 01 03:02:00 2004