Plant efficiency and profitability depend on avoiding such problems as pH extremes, oxygen scavenging, corrosion, scale, and contamination. This practical handbook for utility personnel and independent power producers provides detailed discussion and examples of solutions to water chemistry problems in power plant boilers.

Features & Benefits

• The only book of its kind tailored to the power industry
• Details practical procedures with real-world applications
• Foundation for comprehensive water treatment programs
• Formulas and calculations with clear examples
• Special focus on needs of cogenerators and independent power producers
• Text shows how to increase boiler efficiency
• Details how to avoid corrosion and scaling

Audience

• Field level personnel
• Management
• Energy lending and finance professionals
• Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
• Students

About the Author

Brad Buecker is a senior technical publicist at ChemTreat. Spending 18 years at City Water, Light & Power and Kansas City Power & Light Company, and two in the chemical industry, he provided subject matter expertise on steam generation chemistry, makeup water production methods, cooling water chemistry, and air pollution control methods.

Details
Type: Hardcover
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Pages: 251
Published: 1997
ISBN: 9780878146192