Oxygen levels in just parts per billion dissolved in the feedwater stream for boilers and heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs) can cause pitting and reduce the operating life of steam cycle ...

Learn about the proper location for those valves, managing blowoff steam and turbine exhaust, and more. Very few deaerators utilize vessels that are not constructed and stamped in accordance with ASME ...

The harmful effects of flow accelerated corrosion can be mitigated by evaluating key components, such as the deaerator and associated piping Flow accelerated corrosion (FAC), also called ...

The eighth edition of the book Standards and Typical Specifications for Tray-Type Deaerators contains practical information and guidelines on the design, construction, and operation of tray-type ...

In a typical thermal power plant, the boiler feed water (BFW) pump takes suction from the deaerator and discharges to the boiler through the feedwater heaters. During normal operation, the deaerator ...