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Table Tiles

November 2017

Saturated steam-drum sampling manifold. Source: Figure 1 in Addison and Dooley article (Ultrapure Water, April 2016).

Boiler Feedwater

Keys to Successful Feedwater and Deaeration within Industrial Steam-Generating Systems

By Edward Beardwood

October 2017

Examples of hydrogen embrittlement.

Boiler Feedwater

30 Year's Experience in Fighting Corrosion at Power Plants

By Bill Boyd
Photograph of turbine rotor prior to cleaning and non-destructive testing.

Boiler Feedwater

Practical Steps to Address Steam-Caused Industrial Power Plant Turbine Damage

By David C. Cline, Jr., Bryan Martin

June 2017

A chemical feed pump with dial control for stroke length and rate. Photo courtesy of Pulafeeder.

Back to Basics

Here are the Basics of Chemical Feed Systems

By Robert Hamilton and Robert Sterner
A pulp and paper recovery boiler. Photo courtesy of The Babcock & Wilcox Company.

Boiler Feedwater

Here Are Key Aspects of Scale and Corrosion Mechanisms and Control Programs in Industrial Boiler Systems

By Jack Kelly

May 2017

LinkedIn Discussion

Which Is better for Cooling Tower Use: Schedule 80 or Schedule 40 Piping?

Compiled by Mike Henley and James McDonald
Photo courtesy of GE Water and Process Technologies.

Back to basics

What are Keys to Steam Purity Monitoring?

By William Harfst
Figure 10 from article: Zinc electrodes of various treatments in aggressive water conditions.

Cooling Water

How to Simplify Corrosion Control in Cooling Towers

By Eric C. Ward, Emily M. Crane, and Gregory J. Koniges

Cooling Water

Keeping Your Stator Cool

By David G. Daniels

February 2017

Wastewater

Water Sustainability: Turning RO Reject Into A Resource At Biopharmaceutical Facilities

By Edward G. Helmig, Susan E. Gregg, PE, and Patrick J. Cyr, PE BCEE

Water Forum

How a Paradigm Change Could Resolve the Lead and Copper Drinking Water Crisis

By Robert J. Ferguson

January 2017

Patents

Latest Patent Summaries: Ecolab explores the use of water-soluble substituted imidazolines for corrosion inhibition; Tianjin Polytechnic University's Preparation method for braid-reinforced PPTA hollow-fiber membrane

Compiled by Mike Henley 

December 2016

Power

Use Of Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoresis To Measure Chloride & Sulfate To PPB Levels

By David M. Gray & Akash Trivedi

November 2016

Chemical Treatment

How pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature Impact Treatment Inhibitor Efficacy

By Robert J. Ferguson & Michael Standish

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