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What Is a Boiler Feed Water Treatment System and How Does It Work?

For industrial companies using a boiler for its facility, some type of boiler feed water treatment system is usually necessary to ensure an efficient process and quality steam generation. The most appropriate boiler feed water treatment system will help the facility avoid costly plant downtime, expensive maintenance fees, and boiler failure as a result of scaling, ...

Sep. 26, 2016

By SAMCO Technologies, Inc.

One of the largest ipp power plants in the middle east uses membrane desalination for boiler feed water

The Facility Sidi Krir Unit 3 & 4 Power Plant, developed by InterGen and Edison SpA, is located about 30 kilometers west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is a natural gas fired power plant and at 685 MW generating capacity, is the largest IPP thermal power plant in the Middle East. The plant consists of two power blocks, which share a common membrane based Seawater Desalination system ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Combined cycle power plant in southern india uses membrane desalination for boiler feed

The Facility PPN, a 330 MW combined cycle power plant developed by PPN Power Generating Company, is located in Pillaiperumalnallur about 320 kilometers south of Chennai, India. It is one of the largest IPP power plants developed by an international consortium in India under a 30 year PPA with the state electricity board. The plant consists of a single dual fuel power block and ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Hydroflo diaphragm pumps help reduce boiler corrosion and maintenance costs

ABTCo, located in Alpena, Michigan, is a decorative wood paneling producer using three boilers to generate 7 MW of electricity – half the power needed in the plant plus steam for pulp processing. As in many boiler operations, the main enemy is corrosion, which can destroy system components and lead to boiler failure. Although internal boiler surfaces are protected by a film of magnetic ...

Sep. 17, 2011

By Aquflow

Improved Control for your Cooling Tower and Boiler

The power of microprocessor based programming along with the ease of interfacing with standard Internet based controllers has enabled improved cooling tower and boiler control with just the click of a mouse. Many of these improvements can significantly enhance your chemical treatment program, and provide greater flexibility in your chemical treatment program. These new algorithms offer ...

Jan. 1, 2007

By Walchem, Iwaki America Inc.

Power plant converts gray water into boiler feedwater using hero technology

The Facility The Bajio Power Project is a 600 MW combined cycle project owned by the Energía Azteca, a Mexican project company jointly owned by InterGen and American Electric Power. The build, own and operate facility is in commercial operation near the municipality of San Luis de la Paz in the state of Guanajuato, approximately 160 miles from Mexico City. In 1999, ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Cost effective boiler makeup system using membrane desalination for power plant in dominican republic

The Facility Andres Power Plant, developed by Caribbean Thermal Electric LLC, is located in Boca Chica, near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is a 300 MW gas fired combined cycle power plant and is one of the largest IPP power plants in the Dominican Republic and will supply electricity to Corporacion Dominicana de Electricidad. The plant consists of two power blocks, which ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Energy and exergy analyses of a supercritical power plant

Energy and exergy efficiencies of a supercritical power plant have been studied in this paper. The effect of ambient weather condition was considered on the condenser pressure. It was shown that high ambient temperature has more adverse effect on the exergy efficiency than the energy efficiency. As ambient temperature increases, the exergy efficiency of the boiler, condenser, heaters and feed ...

Dec. 2, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

VIBRATION NOISE & ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH

Vibrational Noise is one of the major Environmental problems in Industrial Plants. The Noise Study under taken in Chinese Unit no.4 of Thermal Power Station (TPS) Jamshoro. The level and Frequency characteristics of the prevailing Noise recorded in detail, at Basement Area Feed Pumps, Turbines, Boilers, F.D.F, I.D.F & Compressors, and found that the level of Noise is higher at Boiler House and ...

Feb. 16, 2002

Power Plant Improves Operating Efficiency with Culligan Matrix Solutions

Challenge A large chemical manufacture was challenged with boiler tube failures in its power plant, resulting in costly repairs and down time. The boiler tube failures were a result of the incoming water quality to the power plant. Until recently, the boiler make-up water was treated with a combination of carbon media filtration and softening. As a result less than 50% of condensate was ...

Jun. 15, 2013

By Culligan Matrix Solutions

MVC technology to recover oil from SAGD facility

The Facility The SAGD Facility is called “Orion” and consists of 4 major processes: Steam Generation, Injection/Recovery Wells, Deoiling and Water Purification, for recovery of oil. The Players Aquatech will be working alongside Shell Canada (formerly BlackRock Ventures), the developer and IMV Projects, the integration engineers. ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Mechanical vapour compression desalination plant at Trombay

Desalination plants based on Mechanical Vapour Compression (MVC) technology are inherently the most thermodynamically efficient. The thermodynamic efficiency of the MVC process is derived from the application of the heat pump principle. A single unit of a two-effect MVC desalination pilot plant of 50 m?/day capacity has recently been commissioned at Trombay, Mumbai. The desalination unit is very ...

Nov. 20, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Culligan application brief food & beverage - a sustainable approach from Culligan Matrix Solutions

Challenge A major beverage plant was looking to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment while meeting the water treatment challenges at its facility. The sustainability goals of the facility included reducing water usage ond energy costs associated with its operations. Until recently, the facility was using city water in its utility process. The company was looking ...

Jun. 15, 2013

By Culligan Matrix Solutions

Should I insulate my condensate units’ receiver?

This issue is not addressed in Xylem Domestic Pump and Hoffman Pump product manuals, factory recommendations or Little Red School House steam system application and sizing guides. Some installations require insulation for safety. Otherwise, it’s a matter of choice based on system design and your understanding of the strengths, limitations and use of products in the system. ...

Aug. 11, 2016

By Goulds Water Technology - a Xylem brand

UF Allows Use of RO for Power Plant’s Water Demineralization - Case Study

PROJECT DETAILS LOCATION Buenos Aires, Argentina CUSTOMER Central Puerto Power Plant SOLUTION Complete Water Demineralization Plant TECHNOLOGIES Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Continuous Electrodeionization A power plant in Buenos Aires needed to increase its ...

Sep. 30, 2017

By Fluence Corporation

ENEL power, italy – sulcis project – ZLD plant for FGD wastewater treatment

The Facility The Sulcis Power Plant is equipped with 1 x 345 MW fluidized bed boiler and 1 x 240 MW conventional boiler. This coal-fired power plant is located in Sardinia Island and has a total of 585 Mwe capacity. The units normally fire imported coal with < 1% Sulphur. The flue gases are treated sequentially by SCR-DeNOx with ammonia as the reagent. This is followed by a high ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

Hotel Melia Las Dunas Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba – case study

OVERVIEW The Hotel Melia Las Dunas has 925 rooms and suites. Fresh water arrives at the Hotel in a DN 200 steel pipe (8”). Water consumption daily average is 936 m3 (almost 250,000 US Gallons per day) with peak rates up to 190 m3/h (833 gpm). WATER SYSTEM CHALLENGES The domestic hot water for the site is produced by two sets of three boilers ...

Mar. 13, 2014

By Scale Buster - Ion Enterprises Ltd

Komax teflon lined mixer simplifies acid injection for power plant

A major source of waste water in many power plants is the waste stream that results from ion exchange used for demineralizing the boiler feed water. The alkaline regeneration waste stream produced by the ion exchange process requires the addition of an acid to this stream before discharge from the plant. Regulatory authorities typically require the effluent to have a near neutral pH before ...

Jul. 15, 2009

By Komax Systems, Inc.

Optimized Membrane Treatment Hydrocarbon Engineering

Membrane processes are becoming popular in downstream processing plants for the production of boiler feed water, treatment and recycling of wastewater and integration into various processes. The design and efficiency, both hydraulically and in terms of energy, are improving rapidly Design changes such as heating feedwater through solar ponds can result in up to 35% reduction in energy ...

Jan. 1, 2016

By Kurita

Cottonwood power – ultrafiltration pretreatment of a problem water

The Facility The Cottonwood Power Project is one of the first United States power plant projects for InterGen, a joint venture between Houstonbased firms Shell Oil Co. and Bechtel Corp. Located in Deweyville, Texas along the Texas-Louisiana border, the plant is a natural gas fired, four-unit combined cycle facility capable of producing 1,230 megawatts of power. The ...

Sep. 14, 2010

By Aquatech International Corporation

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