Program for steam purity monitoring - 2. Results of power plant testing

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6199226

Peterson, S H; Pensenstadler, D F; Bellows, J C; Hickam, W M

The steam purity monitoring program of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. has accumulated a large data base on the chemical purity of water and steam in modern fossil fuel power plants. Three types of monitoring have been employed: (a) grab samples taken during a plant visit and returned to the Westinghouse Research and Development Center for analysis by ion chromatography: (b) continuous analysis of steam condensate, extracted from the low-pressure (LP) turbine cross-over pipe, using the Westinghouse prototype steam purity monitor; and (c) total plant surveys of steam and water purity combining continuous analysis of LP steam and grab sampling of multiple locations to permit correlation of impurity levels throughout the plant during all essential operating cycles, including base load, load swings, and shutdown and hot restart. Results are presented of this broad program of steam monitoring, with attention to the typical chemical environment of turbines in power plants in the United States. 3 refs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electr Corp, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• OSTI ID: 6199226
• Report Number(s): CONF-8006255-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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