Healthy Water - What about your boiler?
Posted in Boiler Efficiency by Boiler Guy on May 6th, 2008 The bottled water industry today is very lucrative business. In 2001 a bottled water industry revenues grew by over 13% in the U.S. alone. Why do we put so much effort into going out to buy bottled water? Most would say that bottled water is healthier for you. The many filtering processes of bottled water remove harmful chemicals that can lead to bad tasting water.
What about your boiler? The same harsh chemicals that you do not want to ingest get carelessly forced into your boiler which, in turn, can cause many mechanical problems. The common water supplied in most areas can corrode metal, choke off fluid passages, and cause pressure vessels to over heat to the point of failure. Only one–sixteenth of an inch thick of scale deposited into the tubes of a firetube boiler can cause a 12.5% increase in fuel consumption.
This means to keep you boiler running at optimum performance you should implement a water treatment system. Some of the basic pieces of equipment that you should look into are:
- A Chemical Feed System
- A Water Softener System
- A Bottom and/or Surface Blow Down System
- A Deaerator or Boiler Feedwater System with Sparge tube
- A Condensate Return System
By implementing these systems you can keep your boiler running at its highest efficiency, reducing fuel costs. So now you have more money for bottled water.
