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    Boiler feedwater is an essential part of boiler operations. The feed water is put into the steam drum from a feed pump. In the steam drum the feed water...
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  • A boiler feedwater pump is a specific type of pump used to pump feedwater into a steam boiler. The water may be freshly supplied or returning condensate...
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    for feedwater injection, the water is fed to the top of the boiler. This can reduce boiler fatigue caused by thermal stress. By spraying the feedwater over...
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    A feedwater heater is a power plant component used to pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler. Preheating the feedwater reduces the irreversibilities...
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    to de-aereating feedwater, to further reduce boiler corrosion. The distillation system for boiler feedwater at this time was usually termed an evaporator...
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    dissolved gases in feedwater for steam-generating boilers. The deaerator is part of the feedwater heating system. Dissolved oxygen in feedwater will cause serious...
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    large-bore 'downcomer tubes', where it pre-heats the feedwater supply. (In large utility boilers, the feedwater is supplied to the steam drum and the downcomers...
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    for use in boilers, treated boiler feedwater, steam condensate being returned to a boiler, or boiler blowdown being removed from a boiler. Impurities...
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    and water carryover. The most common options for demineralization of boiler feedwater are reverse osmosis (RO) and ion exchange (IX). When water is converted...
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    difference between it and conventional feedwater heaters widely used on the continent is that the Franco-Crosti boiler uses both exhaust steam and exhaust...
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  • any steam requirement that does not require superheating, such as boiler feedwater and freshwater evaporators. A typical generator uses inlet steam supplied...
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  • replaced, and a new ticket obtained. Boiler water treatment Removal or chemical modification of boiler feedwater impurities to avoid scale, corrosion...
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    individuals. A steam boiler evaporates liquid water to form steam, or gaseous water, and requires frequent replenishment of boiler feedwater for the continuous...
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    if the feedwater was at a high temperature, so locomotives with feedwater heaters, tank locomotives with the tanks in contact with the boiler and condensing...
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    Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships. They are compact and of high evaporative power, factors...
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    structure. Oxygen absorbing chemicals are also commonly added to boiler feedwater used in boiler systems, to reduce corrosion of components within the system...
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  • Economizer (redirect from Boiler economizer)
    gases (flue gas) and transfer it to the boiler feedwater. This raises the temperature of the boiler feedwater, lowering the needed energy input, in turn...
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    often required to use feedwater that was either dirty or contaminated with dissolved minerals. Untreated, this builds up boiler scale on the tubes and...
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    industries, need large amounts of very pure water. In these situations, feedwater is first processed into purified water and then further processed to produce...
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    generator and the nuclear reactor is controlled using the feedwater system. The feedwater pump has the task of taking the water from the condensate system...
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  • amount of phosphate present in samples, such as boiler feedwater, is as follows. A measured amount of boiler water is poured into a mixing tube and ammonium...
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  • built there. These pumps became extremely well known for their use as boiler feedwater pumps, and for ship's auxiliary equipment such as evaporators. Under...
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  • used in semiconductor processing". Ultra pure water is also used as boiler feedwater in the UK AGR fleet.[citation needed] Bacteria, particles, organic...
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  • one-of-a-kind instruments for various purposes. Early products included a boiler feedwater flame photometer, a balloon hydrometer, a nerve gas detector, a lab...
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    water quality. The higher quality (lower salinity) is required for the boiler feedwater, not for drinking. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salinometers...
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    Large cation/anion ion exchangers used in water purification of boiler feedwater...
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  • professional tennis tournament in Rome, Italy Boiler feedwater pump, a type of pump used to pump feedwater into a steam boiler Bounded factorization domain, a particular...
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    output from the fresh-water evaporators was required to replenish the boiler feedwater and could not be used by the crew to wash and bathe or even to heat...
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  • aircraft manufacturer Bleed from Within, Scottish heavy metal band Boiler feedwater "BFW", a song by TISM from their 2001 album De RigueurMortis This disambiguation...
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    reaction was used on steamships in order to determine whether or not boiler feedwater had been contaminated with seawater. It is still used to determine...
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