QUESTIONS ON WATER TREATMENT
Q1 Select the incorrect statement: No water treatment or improper water treatment
a) Reduces thermal efficiency & Loading capacity of Boilers.
b) Increases the cost of water treatment.
c) Reduces the availability and increases maintenance cost of Boilers.
d) Reduces the life of the Boilers.
Q2 what are the causes of scaling
a) Low oxygen scavenger
b) High TDS in water
c) High chlorides
d) Use of low pH water
Q3 Why should soft water not be used in a boiler having pressure of 12 kg/cm2 and 300 Deg C
main steam temperature.
a) Low pressure boiler has a high circulation ratio
b) It can safely be used if there is no attemperator
c) The heat flux in furnace is high which will lead to scaling
d) It can be used if boiler pH is maintained low at 5.5 to 6.7
Q4 High Alkalinity leads to the following
a) Damage to superheaters
b) Carryover
c) Damage to economizers
d) Corrossion
Q5 pH of 10.2 indicates
a) Low hydrogen ion concentration
b) Highly acidic water
c) Tendency of corrosion
d) Water is Safe for boiler drum use
Q6 High TDS condition in boiler drum indicates tendency of
a) Corrossion
b) Scaling
c) Water is Safe for boiler drum use
d) High pickup in Superheater
Q7 Cationic exchanger is used before feed water or steam sample is used in TDS measurement
a) To remove all impurities from the samples
b) This should not be used as it gives misleading results
c) To absorbs volatiles that gives misleading results as TDS
d) High TDS steam can damage the turbineblades
Q8 1000 PPM chemical addition is
a) 1 Kg chemical / m3 of water
b) 1g chemical / m3 of water
c) 1000 g chemical / Ltr of water
d) 1 Kg chemical / 100 m3 of water
Q9 Silica level in boiler water can be maintained by
a) Proper TSP dosing
b) Sufficient Venting of steam
c) Maintaining drum level to 50 +/- 5%
d) Blowdown
Q10 Dissolved gases in boiler water
a) Will increase scaling tendency
b) Will reduce heat transfer in tubes
c) Will increase corrosion/ pitting
d) Will have no harm as they are inert
Q11 Corrosion in boiler occurs due to
a) Low back end temp
b) Low pH
c) High DO
d) All of the above
Q12 Safe range of pH for boiler water is considered as
a) 7 to 8.5
b) 8.5 to 12
c) Water is safe if it has zero TDS
d) 13 to 14
Q13 What is caustic gouging?
a) Improper TSP dosing
b) High pH conditions leading to metal embrittlement
c) Low pH conditions leading to hydrogen attack
d) Priming and carryover
Q14 Carryover can lead to
a) Increase in back end temperature
b) Cavitation of feed pump
c) Low pH condition in boiler drum
d) Phosphate hideout
Q15 Following is not a Oxygen Scavanger
a) Cyclohexylamine
b) Hydrazine
c) Carbohydrazide
d) DEHA
Q16 Following pH boosters are safe to be used in DM water
a) Morpholyne
b) Ammonia
c) Cyclohexylamine
d) All of above
Q17 Sodium Sulphite is not recommended as a Oxygen scavenger in high pressure boiler as
a) High cost and not easily available
b) Increases TDS
c) Increases the tendency of Priming and carryover
d) Has low pH
Q18 Magnetite layer
a) Is stable at low pH
b) Is a product of corrosion
c) Will break at temp above 250 deg C
d) Is never observed if good water chemistry is maintained
Q19 What will be the pH range of water having TDS = 0.1 PPM?
A19 : 6.8 to 7.2
Q20 What will be the TDS of water having 7 pH?
A20: Cannot be specifically defined.
Q21 A sample of water is collected from DM plant online conductivity meter outlet and measured
in laboratory. Online meter shows a conductivity of 0.08 uS/cm. What pH reading will be indicated in
the online meter? What reading is expected from the laboratory?
A21: pH will be between 6.8 to 7.2. While taking to laboratory the water will absorb impurities
from atmosphere. Generally, pH drops due to CO2 absorbtion and pH expected is around 6.0.
Conductivity will increase due to absorption of impurities from atmosphere and expected to be around 2
to 3 uS/cm.
Q22 What is the oxygen scavenging capability of a thermal Deaerator?
A22: 7 PPB or 0.007 PPM
