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