#1215 - Boiler Water Treatment Practice

Course Objective

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Prepare a process design specification for a boiler water treatment system.
• Review and condition vendors' and contractors' equipment bids to meet the owner's process and mechanical specifications.
• Review the design details to assure that the equipment being offered meets the contract's specifications.
• Evaluate existing systems to determine whether they are being operated at optimum reliability and cost effectiveness.
• Assess existing equipment regarding its fitness-for-service based on operational considerations.

Who Should Attend?

Engineers, managers, and others who are responsible for the process and equipment design and design review of utility systems. Utility operators and technical contact engineers responsible for the operation of a steam plant.

Course Description

This course is divided into two major segments. Segment one discusses the treatment of the boiler makeup water and is called “External Treatment.” The treated boiler makeup water is blended with the returned steam condensate in the deaerator to provide the boiler feedwater.

Segment two discusses the treatment of the boiler feedwater and the boiler water and is called “Internal Treatment.” Chemicals are added to prevent scale and corrosion problems. The sequential process steps given in this course should be followed to prepare a design specification or to evaluate an existing water treating system for steam generation. Help in solving operating problems will also be found in each of these steps.

This is an innovative design program and well worth the effort.

Course Outline

• Internal Treatment
• Steam Purity Specifications
• Internal Chemical Treatment
• Boiler Blowdown Control
• Deaeration
• Returned Condensate Treatment
• External Treatment
• Boiler Makeup Water Flow & Quality Determination
• Ion Exchange Resin Processes
• Softening By Ion Exchange
• Alkalinity Hardness Removal
• Two Bed Demineralizer
• Degasifiers for Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen Removal
• Mixed Bed Polishing Demineralizer
• Ion Exchange Resins-Trouble Shooting
• Reverse Osmosis
• Electrodeionization
• Filtration
• Clarifiers
• Lime Softeners
• Boiler Cleaning & Lay Up
• Personal Safety Protection

Course Duration - 4 Days