ABMA VS VGB for Boiler Water Quality

Coal Fired CFB D&S and TAS

2X50 MWe (Main Steam 248.8 ton/hr, 541.8 °C, 135.5 bar(a)

Sulut-1 & Timor-1

Date: 15 March 2020

 Guidelines for Boiler Feed Water and Boiler Water Quality
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 Guideline of boiler Feed Water and Boiler Water Quality

 VGB Guideline for Feed Water, Boiler Water and Steam Quality for Power
Plants / Industrial Plants
 ABMA Boiler Water Quality Requirements and Associated Steam Quality for
Industrial / Commercial and Institutional Boilers

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 The major objectives of power plant water chemistry and water treatment are to
minimise deposition and corrosion of the boiler and to ensure that steam is of
the appropriate quality
 pH value in the water systems must be monitored in order to avoid dissolution
of the iron protective layer and other undesirable reactions
 Conductivity changes strongly as a function of temperature.
 Dissolved oxygen (O2) supports the formation of the water/steam cycle
protective magnetite (or hematite) layer in pure water. Dissolved oxygen may
promote corrosion with water that contains even low concentrations of salts.
 Phosphate (PO43-)works as alkalizing agent but also as scale inhibitor in boiler
water preventing deposits and scaling caused by hardness of the water (Ca
and Mg).
 Iron (Fe) impurities appear mostly as fine particles in the water-steam
circulation. Iron concentration is supplying information on metal dissolution
processes in the system and the metal take-up by the water.

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 Limits of Silica (SiO2) for boiler water are set by the steam purity requirements
for turbine operation. Silica (SiO2) concentration comparison between feed
water and steam or feed water and boiler water can tell about problems in raw
water treatment or quality. Silica (or sodium) concentration comparison tells
also about functionality of drop separation in the drum

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 Feed Water Quality to Boiler per VGB

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 Feed Water Quality to Boiler per VGB

 Boiler Drum Max. pressure 149,290 bar (g) = 2165,3 psig
 Boiler Drum Max. pressure 134,502 bar (g) = 1950,7 psig

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 Boiler Water Quality to Boiler per VGB

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 Feed Water Quality to Boiler per ABMA

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 Figure 4, Silica content, 0.5mg/kg

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 7.10 Organics Substances

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 SHI recommends to follow VGB to manage feed water and boiler water quality

 Comparing ABMA, VGB has more clear instruction and available data table to define
the requirement for pH, Conductivity, oxygen (O2), Phosphate (PO43-), Iron (Fe),
Silica (SiO2)

 VGB is widely applied as feed water and boiler water quality management guideline
over world.

 VGB defines water/steam values limit values by different action levels (normal
values and action levels 1-3).

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 SHI, based on VGB VGB-S-010-T-00; 2011-12. EN and SHI design manual,

requires water/steam values limit values as below:
 Feed Water Quality to Boiler
 Feed water quality at the inlet of the feed water valve group applicable for feed
water conditioning with alkalizing agents. Feed water shall be demineralized
water and all volatile treatment - method shall be used. The condensate /
feedwater system shall be copper-free.

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 SHI, based on VGB VGB-S-010-T-00; 2011-12. EN and SHI design manual,

requires water/steam values limit values as below:
 Boiler Water Quality
 boiler water quality (tri-sodium-phosphate dosing before economizer)

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