BOILER WATER

CHEMISTRY

CONTENTS

WHY BOILER TREATMENT

Treatment
Treatment regeime
BOILER BLOWDOWNS
Necessity
Criteria
Major solutions and problems
BEST PRACTICES IN BOILER WATER TREATMENT
Sources of ingress of impurities in drum
Control over water chemicals and energy savings

INTRODUCTION
Boilers

are an essential part of any

industry, their efficient economical
operation significantly effect the reliability
and profitability of the entire plant.
BEST OPERATION PRACTICES
PROVIDES: Energy savings
Reduction in total cost of operation.

 Enhanced

profitability
Optimised treatment

WATER TREATMENT
Feed

water treatment
Boiler water treatment
Steam and Condensate treatment

WHY BOILER WATER

TREATMENT
BOILER

SCALES AND DEPOSITS: Untreated boiler water leads formation of

scales and deposits leads overheating
and failure of water tubes.

WHY BOILER WATER

TREATMENT
CORROSION

BENITH DEPOSITS
Caustic imbrittlememt (intergranular
corrosion) is caused by concentration of
caustic alkalinity in crevices under
overstressed condition
Caustic gauging is accumulation of caustic
alkalinity under the deposit in the boiler.

WHY BOILER WATER

TREATMENT

CARRY OVER:-

Carry over is described as contamination of steam with

boiler water

It can be due to foaming when bubbles are formed on

the surface and are carried out with the steam. High
concentration of the solids, excess free hydroxide and
organic acid in the boiler water cause foaming.

Note:- Poor water gives poor steam.

WHY BOILER WATER

TREATMENT
Effects

of carryover can be quite serious due to

the contamination of steam which deposits in the
steam and condensate system
Thus untreated boiler cause scale inter granular
corrosion and steam contamination
To protect the boiler from thermal damage and
from the irreversible damage caused by
corrosion, effective water treatment is having an
absolute necessity.

BOILER WATER TREATMENT

Coordinated

phosphate PH control: Boiler operating up to 1200 psi.

Chemical used to control PH is Tri-sodium
phosphate (TSP).