Patent ID: 9709262
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F22G

Claim:
1. A superheated steam recycling apparatus comprising: a superheated steam generating part that generates superheated steam; a steam supply flow path for supplying saturated steam or superheated steam to the superheated steam generating part; a superheated steam utilization part that is supplied with the superheated steam generated by the superheated steam generating part and thermally processes a processing object with the superheated steam; a steam return flow path for returning used steam having passed through the superheated steam utilization part to the superheated steam generating part; a flowmeter that is provided in the steam return flow path to measure a flow rate of the used steam returned to the superheated steam generating part; and a control device that controls a flow rate of the saturated steam or the superheated steam to be supplied to the superheated steam generating part through the steam supply flow path on the basis of a difference between a desired flow rate of the superheated steam to be generated by the superheated steam generating part and the flow rate of the used steam obtained by the flowmeter.