Plant Audit - Water Chemistry and Corrosion Control

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0d200640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Arial" ><B>Jonas, Inc.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jonas, Inc."><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> </B><B> </B><B>   </B><B> |    </B><A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>                                           </B></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><U><B>Services</B></U></A><B>  </B><B> | </B><B>  </B><A HREF="condition_assessment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Condition Assessment Audit for Steam Pla"><U><B>Condition Assessment Audit</B></U></A><B>    </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                                                 </B></FONT></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=155 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="analysis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Failure and Root Cause Analysis"><U>Failure and Root Cause Analysis</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="boiler_tube.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boiler Tube Failure Analysis"><U>Boiler Tube Failure Analysis</U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffcccc00.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Plant Audit - 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Water Chemistry and Corrosion Control</B></div> <div> Two-to-three day review of water and steam chemistry, operation, and maintenance of the steam generating plant aimed at prevention/reduction of cycle component corrosion and scale and deposit formation.  Results of the audit are recommendations for optimization of the plant procedures and practices. </div> <div> <I><B>Note:</B></I>  The <A HREF="condition_assessment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Condition Assessment Audit for Steam Pla"><U>Condition Assessment Audit</U></A> can be performed during the same plant visit.  </div> <div> <B>Background </B></div> <div> With the increase of unit sizes, stresses, and heat fluxes, equipment aging, unit cycling, and the high cost of replacement power and steam, corrosion protection of the steam cycle components during operation and layup and the control of water and steam chemistry are of critical importance. </div> <div> <B>Objectives </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Prevention/reduction of cycle component corrosion and the resulting forced outages and maintenance cost. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Operation at the maximum thermodynamic efficiency (minimum heat rate) and generating capacity. </div> <div> <B>Audit Experience </B></div> <div> Each of the over fifty audits performed resulted in one or more of the following achievements: </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">improvement of communication between management, chemists, operators, and maintenance</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">reduction of scale and deposit buildup</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">improvement of efficiency and generating capacity</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">reduction of corrosion</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">prevention of potentially catastrophic failures</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">faster startups</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">improvement of operation</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">better layup practices</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">improvement of sampling and instrumentation</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">better recordkeeping</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">improvement of the makeup and condensate polisher performance</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">reduction of cost of water treatment chemicals. </div> <div> <B>AGENDA FOR PLANT AUDIT</B></div> <div> Before the plant visit, a Jonas, Inc. Water Treatment Questionnaire and related information is complied and reviewed. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="573" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="557"><div> 1.  INITIAL MEETING (~2 hours) </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> 1.1  INTRODUCTION:  Objectives, Tasks, Schedule, ... </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> O. Jonas </div> <div> (15 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="408"><div> 1.2  WATER CHEMISTRY AND CORROSION CONTROL: Cost of Corrosion, Industry Problems, Sampling and Instrumentation, Management, Boiler Tube Failure Reduction/Prevention, Safety Issues </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> O. Jonas </div> <div> (30 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="408"><div> 1.3  DESCRIPTION OF STATION CHEMISTRY CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Station Chemist</div> <div> (20 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> 1.4  CORROSION RELATED MAINTENANCE AND NDT </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Station Maintenance</div> <div> (15 minutes)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="408"><div> 1.5  OPERATION</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> Shift Supervisor </div> <div> (15 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 1.6  DISCUSSION </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> All (20 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.  REVIEW OF WATER CHEMISTRY         </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=11 WIDTH="146"><div> O. Jonas</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> 2.1  CONTROL PARAMETERS AND PRACTICES </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.2  WATER CHEMISTRY, CHEMICAL CLEANING, SCALE AND DEPOSIT RECORDS </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> 2.3  SAMPLING AND INSTRUMENTATION (walkthrough) </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.4  STARTUP AND LAYUP</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.5  DEAERATION </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.6  AIR INLEAKAGE</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.7  MAKEUP SYSTEM </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.8  CONDENSATE POLISHING</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.9  LABORATORY</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="408"><div> 2.10  MANUALS </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> 3.  REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE AND NDT RECORDS</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> O. Jonas</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> 4.  REVIEW OF OPERATION - CONTROL ROOM AND RECORDS </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> O. Jonas</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="408"><div> 5.  PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:  Presentation, discussion by all. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><div> All  (45 minutes)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> Note:  Items 2 through 4 are expected to take about one and half days per unit.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1e266430.gif" border=0 width="358" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>