Preparation for Lay-up with Cetamine® Technology

Phase 2 – Preparation for lay-up keeping the system filled

• Additional dosage of Cetamine® necessary
• Target values: CFA ≥ 2 ppm
pH ≥ 10

• During preservation under filled conditions recirculation of system content is

recommended every 2 weeks (if possible)
• Preservation needs to be controlled regularly (every week at the beginning)
• Recommended parameters: CFA, pH, conductivity, chloride and sulphate, total iron, water
losses
• Specific values depend on water quality and system specific surface to water volume ratio
• Trends are more important than single absolute values; stable Fe concentration is an
indication for a good preservation
Preparation for Lay-up with Cetamine® Technology

Phase 2 – Preparation for lay-up with system drained

• Protective CFA layer on system surfaces
should be reinforced Phase 2
• Increased dose rate during a time period of 1 Dosing rates in dependence of operation time

dose rate on feedwater flow [g/m³]

week
• It is recommended to bypass the condensate
polishing unit (CPU)
• System should be running at least 20% of total
time period
• Dose rate is dependent on operation time,
water quality and selected Cetamine® product 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
operation time [%]
• Drain warm and dry by residual heat
Dose rates of Cetamine® products on feedwater in dependence of
• Draining temperature should be as high as the average operation time of the system during phase 2
possible
Monitoring during Lay-up with Unit Drained
Visual Inspection Cetamine® Wipe Test
• Surface condition • Photometric method
• Hydrophobic behavior • Observation of pink
coloration

blank - Concentration of FFA +

Ѳ • Specific to FFA
Ѳ
Ѳ < 90o Hydrophilic Ѳ > 90o Hydrophobic
• Non destructive
• Cost-efficient
• Nonspecific to FFA • On-site
• Hydrophoby not always visible

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Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit – Why is it important?
IAPWS Technical Guidance Document
TGD11-19:
“Qualitatively, the presence of a film can be
demonstrated by the lack of wettability of
the metal surface. This is the most common
and easiest method to qualitatively detect
the FFA on a metal/oxide surface. However,
hydrophobicity sometimes cannot be
observed, e.g., in case of a rough surface
with porous iron oxide deposits, even
though FFA is present on the surface.
Reference [41] describes a laboratory
method to semi-quantitatively determine
FFA on the inner surfaces of water-steam
cycles. This non-destructive method can be
applied during system outage.”
Cetamine® Wipe Tests to determine CFA on System Surface
Protective Cetamine® film
cannot always be
demonstrated during routine
plant inspections
Presence of a protective film
assures system protection
during shut-down periods
Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit is a
simple to apply tool to
demonstrate the presence of
protective Cetamine® film
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Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit – How to apply it?

Filter paper soaked Transfer of CFA Extraction of CFA

with Wipe Test molecules from molecules from filter Determination of
Reagent 1 system surface to paper into Wipe Test extracted CFA by
filter paper Reagent 2 photometer

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Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit – How does it look like?

C cvb

Detailed procedure Test kit with short procedure

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Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit – Case Study 1

Cetamine® Wipe Test Results:

CCGT, 1380 MW, 541 °C, 120 bar
HP Evaporator Tubes

blank 12 o`clock 6 o`clock

12 o`clock 6 o`clock
Sample Position Absorbance
Surfaces are protected with CFA Evaporator Tube 12 o`clock 0.16
Evaporator Tube 6 o`clock 0.18
Cetamine® Wipe Test Kit – Case Study 2

Cetamine® Wipe Test Results:

HRSG, 197 MW, 510 °C, 98 bar
Turbine blades

Outside blades Inside blades

Sample Absorbance
Surfaces are protected with CFA
Outside Blades 0.19
Inside Blades 0.21

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