Water quality and monitoring requirements for paper mill boilers operating with high purity feedwater

High paper mill boiler operating steam pressures require careful establishment of water quality control limits and monitoring procedures to assure maximum system reliability. The guidelines applicable to water treatment programs for modern paper mill boiler systems are provided and explained. The monitoring and sampling procedures and sampling methods necessary for such operating conditions are detailed.

This paper deals with water quality and monitoring requirements. It is important to take the appropriate corrective action whenever these requirements are not being met. To that end, the Water Treatment Subcommittee of the TAPPI Energy, Recovery & Recaust Main Committee has published TIP 0416-05, “Response to Contamination of High Purity Boiler Feedwater.” Mills that experience feedwater contamination should adopt its recommendations.