Boiler Water.pdf - The Jamaican Sugar Industry
Boiler Water.pdf - The Jamaican Sugar Industry
Boiler Water.pdf - The Jamaican Sugar Industry
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Condensate<br />
• Condensate from the evaporators, pans and turbines supply in excess<br />
of 150% of the boiler feed water<br />
• Condensate can be contaminated with sugar<br />
• <strong>Sugar</strong> contamination<br />
– Drops the pH to acid levels under pressure.<br />
– Low pH feed water corrodes the tubes.<br />
– Corroded iron is laid down as scale on the tubes.<br />
– <strong>Sugar</strong> can caramelize and be laid down as carbon scale on the<br />
tubes<br />
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