POWER PLANT CHEMISTRY

ITS ROLE AND IMPORTANCE

•HIGH O&M COST DUE TO CORROSION AND DEPOSITION
•50% OF MAINT.COST ATTRIBUTED TO CORROSION.
•1/2 OF FORCED OUTAGE DUE TO CORROSION.
•REDUCTION IN EFFICIENCY DUE DEPOSITION
- TURBINE
- BOILER
- CONDENSOR
•ABT CALLS FOR THE SOUND HEALTH OF THE EQUIPMT.
•SCARCITY OF WATER.
•POOR QUALITY OF WATER
•STRINGENT NORM FOR ENVIRONMENT
•MANAGING THE OPTIMAL CHEMICAL REGIME.
WATER TREATMENT
PRE-TREATMENT
- QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF WATER
- COMPLEX NATURE OF TREATMENT DUE TO
CONTAMINANTS
- EFFECT OF PROCESS ON FURTHER TREATMENT

DEMINERALIZATION
- COMBATING HIGH TDS
- USE OF NEW TECNOLOGY i.e.R.O.etc
- EFFECT OF ORGANIC
STORAGE
•AEEFECT OF INGRESS OF GASES
•TRANSPORTATION OF CORROSION PRODUCTS

CONDENSATE POLISHING PLANT

•HIGH DEGREE OF PURITY FOR FEED WATER
•PURIFICATION IN SITU
•ROLE IN ACHIEVING FULL LOAD
•PROTECTION OF EQUIPMENT
•SAVING IN OPERATING COST
OPERATION
•ADOPTING LAID DOWN PROCEDURE FOR PRESERVATION
•STRICTLY ABIDING THE NORMS OF WATER/STEAM CYCLE
•COMBUSTION CONTROL
•TEMPERATURE EXCURSIONS
•OPERATION UNDER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS
•CONTROL OF WATER LOSSES
•CONTORL OF GENERATOR COOLING SYSTEM
•CONTROL OF AIR INGRESS IN CONDENSOR
•FUNCTIONING OF DEARETOR
MAINTENANCE
•CONDITION MONITORING OF OIL
•OPTIMISATION OF MILL PERFORMANCE
•CONTROL OF LOSSES FROM THE FURNACE
•STORAGE OF EQUIPMENTS
•EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE MGT. SYSTEM

FUEL MANAGEMENT
•QUALITY CONTROL OF FUEL
•PRICING
ELECTRICAL
•GENERATOR COOLING WATER SYSTEM
•TRANSFORMAER OIL MONITORING

ENVIRONMENT
•MONITORING OF POLLUTANTS
•MONITORING OF CONTROL DEVICE
OTHER ASPECTS OF POWER PLANT CHEMISTRY

•CAREFUL OPERATION OF PRE-TREATMENT PLANT

•CONTROL OF ORGANIC
•MONITORING ION EXCHANGE RESINS
•INSPECTION OF STORAGE VESSELS
•CALIBRATION OF ON-LINE INSTRUMENTS
•USE OF CONDESATE POLISHING PLANT
•PROPER LAY-UP OF EQUIPMENT
•CONTROL OF CHEMICAL PARAMETER AT START-UP
•CHECKS ON ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES
•LOGGING OF ALL EVENTS
•SYSTEMATIC FEED BACK
•WITH CHANGING SCENARIO IN POWER SECTOR
IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE LIFE OF
EQUIPMENTS SHALL BE ENHANCED.

•THIS ASPECT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.

•IMPORTANCE OF POWER PLANT CHEMISTRY

SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD BY ALL CONCERNED.
WATER TREATMENT

PRE-TREATMENT
- QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF WATER
- COMPLEX NATURE OF TREATMENT
DUE TO CONTAMINANTS
- EFFECT OF PROCESS ON FURTHER
TREATMENT

DEMINERALIZATION
- PRODUCTION OF ULTRA PURE WATER
- COMBATING HIGH TDS
- USE OF NEW TECNOLOGY i.e.R.O.etc
- EFFECT OF ORGANICS
CONDENSATE PURIFICATION

- USE OF POLISHING PLANT FOR ON-

LINE REMOVAL OF CORROSION
PRODUCT AND OTHER SOLUBLE
IMPURITIES
STEAM –WATER CYCLE

-ON-LINE MONITORING OF CHEMICAL

PARAMETERS

-CONTROL OF CYCLE CHEMISTRY

1. ALL VOLATITLE TREATMENT

2. PHOSPHATE TREATMENT
3. OXYGENATED TREATMENT

TO MINIMIZE CORROSION AND

SCALING IN STEAM/WATER CYCLE
GENERATOR CHEMISTRY

- STATOR WATER MONITORING AND

CHEMICAL CONTROL

- STATOR WATER POLISHING UNIT

- GENERATOR HYDROGEN
MONITORING
FUEL

- VARIETY OF FUELS USED IN POWER

PLANT

- QUALITY CONTROL IS IMPORTANT

(SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS)

- COSTING OF FUEL
- CHARACTERISTICS OF FUEL AND
THEIR IMPORTANCE
LUBRICATING/TRANSFORMER OILS

- MONITORING (SAMPLING AND

TESTING)
- DISSOLVED GAS ANALYSIS (DGA)
TO HELP TO PREDICT AND PREVENT
EQUIPMENT FAILURE

FLUE GAS

- ANALYSIS FOR COMBUSTION

CONTROL
CHEMICAL CLEANING

- PRE AND POST CHEMICAL CLEANING

OF BOILER
- CHEMICAL CLEANING OF
CONDENSERS AND EQUIPMENTS
TO HELP TO REDUCE THE BOILER TUBE
FAILURE AND IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCY OF PLANT
COOLING WATER SYSTEM

- TREATMENTS TO AVOID
CORROSION/SCALING
- SOFTENING
- CHLORINATION
- CHEMICAL TREATMENT
- SIDE STREAM FILTRATION
TO HELP TO IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCY OF CONDENSER THUS
OVERALL PLANT PERFORMANCE.
EFFECT OF IMPROPER CHEMISTRY

- POOR EQUIPMENT AVAILBILTY

- HIGH OCCURRENCE OF TUBE
LEAKAGES
- HIGH MAKE UP WATER
CONSUMPTION
- CORROSION AND DEPOSITION
ON HEAT EXCHANGERS AND
TURBINES
- SHORT LIFE OF EQUIPMENTS
- FREQUENT FAILURES OF
SYSTEM/EQUIPMENTS
CHEMISTRY IN NTPC

-STRINGENT CHEMICAL CONTROL

OF STEAM/WATER CYCLE

-ADOPTION OF WORLD STANDARD

IN WATER/STEAM CYCLE
CONTROL
-USE OF CONDENSATE POLISHING
PLANT
-USE OF LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN
WATER TREATMENT
-USE OF R.O.
-LATEST PRE-TREATMENT AND
DEMINRALISATION TECHNIQUES.
Contd.

-USE OF ON-LINE INSTRUMENTATION

FOR CONTROL OF CHEMICAL
PARAMETERS

-CONTROL OF CORE PARAMETERS

LIKE pH, Conductivity,Sodium and
Oxygen
-ADOPTING STANDARD METHODS FOR
TESTING AND ANALYSIS FOR WATER
,FUELS, GASES, LUBRICANTS AND
ENVIRONMENT
-BIS AND ASTM STANDARD FOR
TESTING
-CHEMISTRY AUDITS FOR SYSTEM
OPTIMISATION