Steam Boiler Question
Steam Boiler Question
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I was wondering if I installed a sacrificial anode in a boiler feed tank if that would help a client that does not believe in water treatment.
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RE: Steam Boiler Question
RE: Steam Boiler Question
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RE: Steam Boiler Question
Pitting in the return lines is usually due to vacuum breakers operating at the end of the steam cycle, admitting air. You need this to happen though, condensate won't drain properly, and that causes another whole range of problems. If the return line corrosion appears as general wasting below the normal operating line (about half full of condensate), then that's pH related. Again, make-up water is the culprit. Alkalinity in the make-up water breaks down into carbon dioxide in the boiler, and this gets carried out with the steam. It dissolves in the condensate, and drops the pH, resulting in general metal loss.
RE: Steam Boiler Question
RE: Steam Boiler Question
RE: Steam Boiler Question
consult a competent mechanical or boiler treatment company for the proper treatment.
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