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Power Industry Experience Using Micro Media Filtration and Short Bed Ion Exchange Geoff Hong, Eco-Tec Inc. With the demand for higher efficiencies and lower maintenance and operating costs for boilers and turbines, high purity water treatment systems are becoming more crucial to the operation of power plants. Modern power plants, operating at supercritical and ultra supercritical boiler pressures and temperatures, require such high purity water that it is approaching theoretical levels. High efficiency gas-fired combustion turbines, which use high purity water for NOx control and sprint mode, heat recovery steam generators and once through steam generators also require high purity water for the same reasons. Effective pre-treatment for reverse osmosis (RO) and ion exchange (IX) demineralizer systems not only contributes to the production of high purity water, but also helps to reduce the operating and maintenance costs of those systems. The versatility and efficiency of short bed ion exchange systems produce high purity water from feeds of variable characteristics, with lower chemicals consumption and waste volumes. This paper discusses the use of micro media filtration as a pre-treatment for RO or IX systems and the use of short bed IX systems for the production of high purity boiler feed make up water and condensate polishing. The experiences of several installations are outlined for applications in power generation and cogeneration plants.
Revision Date: 4/14/2011
Tags: 221113 - Nuclear Electric Power Generation * , 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Eco-Tec, Ion Exchange, Filter Media, Steam Cycle, Water Treatment, USA