TABLE 1: CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS OF FEED WATER AND BOILER WATER FOR LOW

AND MEDIUM PRESSURE BOILERS (Regulation 624 and 626)

Sl.. No. CHARACTERISTIC REQUIREMENT FOR BOILER METHOD OF TEST
PRESSURE (Ref. to Cl. No. of)
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IS : 3025-
Up to 2.0 2.1 to 3.9 4.0 to 5.9 IS : 3550-
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MN/m2 MN/m2 MN/m2 1965* 1964!
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7
i) Feed Water
a) Total
hardness
(as 10 1 0.5 -- 16.1
CaCO2 ),m
g/l, Max

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-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7
b) pH value 8.5 to 9.5 8.5 to 9.5 8.5 to 9.5 -- 8
c) Dissolved
Oxygen,
mg/1, 0.1 0.02 0.01 25 --
Max

d) Silica (as
SiO2),
mg/l, Max -- 5 0.5 16 --

ii) Boiler Water

a) Total
hardness(
of
filteredsa
mple) (as --------- Not detectable
-- 16.1
CaCO3), -------------
mg/l,

b
Total
alkalinitya
(as 700 500 300 -- 13
CaCO3),
mg/l,Max
c) Caustic
alkalinity
(as
CaCO3), 350 200 60 -- 15
mg/lMax

d) pH value 11.0 to 11.0 to 10.5 to

-- 8
12.0 12.0 11.0
 e) b
Residual
sodi um
sulphite
(asNa2SO3 30 to 50 20 to 30 -- -- 21
) mg/l

f) Residual
hydrazine 0.1 to 1 0 .1 to 0.5
(as 0.05 to
N2H4),mg/ 26 --
0.3
l
(if added) (if added)
g) j
Ratio
Na2SO4/C
austic
alkalinity 20.2
(as NaOH)
------------ above 2.5 --------------- --

               o
r and 15
Ratio
NaNO3/
total
alkalinity 48
(as NaOH) ------------- above 0.4
--
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and 13
h) Phosphat
es
(asPO4),
mg/l (if 20 to 40 15 to 30 5 to 20 14 --
added )

i) Total
dissoslved
solids
mg/l, Max 3500s 2500 1500 9 12

k) Silica (as Less than 0.4 of

SiO2), caustic 15 16 30
mg/l
alkalinity
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