Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Figure 2: boiler tube from steam drum with conventional Figure 4: boiler tube from steam drum with
all-polymer program Solus AP program
Find a contact near you by visiting www.gewater.com and clicking on Contact Us.
* Trademark of General Electric Company; may be registered in one or more countries.
2014, General Electric Company. All rights reserved.
CS1468EN.doc Jul-14
Results Table 1 provides a chronology of the calcium,
magnesium, and iron levels measured in the boiler
The positive impact of Solus AP is clearly visibly in blowdown for a period of 17 months. When the
Figures 3 & 4. The hardness deposition that was boiler transitioned to Solus AP, a gradual but
present with the previous treatment program was marked increase in the rejection of hardness and
substantially reduced and in large part, removed. iron contaminant to blowdown occurred. Its clear
These improved results were consistent throughout that this data correlated with the visible removal
the waterside circuits. of surface deposits from the boiler, as well as re-
The states boiler inspector commented on the dra- jection of incoming contaminants.
matic improvement in cleanliness, and mentioned
that a water flush to remove loose surface deposit
or sludge was not needed because virtually none
was present.
Table 1: chronology of blowdown contaminant rejection via acid-digested ICP (inductively coupled plasma)
atomic absorbtion analysis
Transition to Solus
AP Program
4
GE Title or job number
March 2012 July 2012 August 2013 2/19/2014