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Boiler Water Limits
Boiler Water Limits
Boiler Water Limits
different organization:-
Boiler Water
Drum Total Specific**
Pressure Silica* Alkalinity Conductance
(psig) (ppm (ppm (micromhos/cm)
SiO2) CaCO3)
0-300 150 700 7000
301-450 90 600 6000
451-600 40 500 5000
601-750 30 400 4000
751-900 20 300 3000
901-1000 8 200 2000
1001-1500 2 0 150
1501-2000 1 0 100
This value will limit the silica content of the steam to 0.25 ppm as a
function of selective.
1.FEED WATER
21 Kg/cm2 40 Kg/cm2
Upto 20
Parameters to to Unit
Kg/cm2
39 Kg/cm2 59 Kg/cm2
Total ppm as
<10 <1.0 <0.5
Hardness CaCO3
pH Value 8.5-9.5 8.5-9.5 8.5-9.5
Dissolved
0.1 0.02 0.01 As ppm
Oxygen
As ppm
Silica 5 0.5
SiO2
2. BOILER WATER
Ratio
Na2SO4/Total Above 0.4 Above 0.4 Above 0.4
Alkalinity(as
NaOH)
Boiler Suspended
Pressure TDS Alkalinity Solids Silica*
psig
0 to 300 3500 700 300 125
301 to 450 3000 600 250 90
451 to 600 2500 500 150 50
601 to 750 2000 400 100 35
751 to 900 1500 300 60 20
901 to 1250 250 40 8.0
1000
1001 to 1000 200 20 2.5
1500
1501 to 750 150 10 1.0
2000
Over 2000 500 100 5 0.5
*Based on limiting Silica in steam from 0.02 to 0.03 ppm and also
based on SiO2/ Total Anion ratio.
TYPICAL TESTING SCHEDULE