POWER PLANT

FEED WATER CONTAMINATION

MONITORING- EARLY
DETECTION ACTIONS - EFFECTS
MONITORING
ANALYSERS
CATION CONDUCTIVITY
PH MONITORING
CONDUCTIVITY
SILICA
RESIDUAL OXYGEN
SODIUM
CHLORIDE
CATION CONDUCTIVITY
The online measurement of conductivity after
water has passed through a column of
strongly acidic cation-exchange resin is used to
indicate the presence of potentially corrosive
ionic contaminants. The technique may be
referred to as cation conductivity or acid
conductivity in some documentation.

Thus, conductivity after cation
exchange is extremely effective for
rapidly indicating the onset of
condenser leakage, particularly at
seawater-cooled plants, and also
for detecting contaminated
makeup water
PH MONITORING
Turbine condensate Lab
Feed water online & Lab
Drum online & lab
Other Analyzers for monitoring

Total conductivity Drum water
Silica drum saturated steam
Dissolved oxygen turbine condensate-Lab
Sodium tracer turbine condensate- not
installed in Khobar Plants
Chloride tracer live steam not installed in
Khobar Plants
Early detection of condenser leak
TC cation conductivity
Feed water conductivity
Live steam conductivity
Off scale > 1 s/cm
Off scale > 1 s/cm
Off scale > 0.5 s/cm


CCR operator role
TC cation conductivity High & off sacle
Alert CRS & Lab
After few minutes if feed water Cation
conductivity started raising raise alarm to
Lab & CRS.
Simultaneous raise of live steam Cation
conductive increase above 0.2 s/cm confirms
contamination in the system

SCE INVESTIGATION
As soon as TC cation conductivity is Off scale
contact lab and arrange to take sample of Turbine
condensate, Feed water and Live steam samples
same time .
Take control of the unit and watch all parameters
As soon as Feed water, Economiser & Live steam
Cation conductivities start increasing take
following action- Do not wait for lab result
Live steam conductivity raise will result in brine
condensate Conductivity raise.
Inform lab about the contamination for fast action
SCE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS
Arrange to take CPP in service Takes time
Inform local operator to reject Turbine
condensate maximum possible
Open CBD maximum of 10 %
Simultaneously reduce TG load fast and desal
load ( 65%)
As soon boiler load is sufficiently reduced ( 350
t/hr) , close all attemparation valve (RL54/55/56 )
TO STOP CONTAMINATING LIVE STEAM
SCE ACTION Contd,
If needed stop top burners to control Live
steam temperatures.
Reject turbine condensate completely to
reject and close RM26S201/RM23S401.
Watch drum pH and feed water pH- any
drastic lowering of pH must be informed to
Lab for corrective action to improve pH
Watch drum conductivity fast raising must
be informed to lab
Chemical Symbol
Maximum Concentration
(ppm)
Sodium sulphite NA
2
SO
3
1.0
Sodium chloride NaCl 10.0
Sodium phosphate NA
3
PO
4
25.0
Sodium sulphate NA
2
SO
4
25.0
Silica oxide SiO
2
0.20
Maximum Allowable Impurities in Boiler Water