Steam purity monitor

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G01N 27/04 (2006.01) F01D 17/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2074663

A steam purity monitor (10) detects the presence of sodium hydroxide and sodium chloride in a steam turbine (12). In the steam purity monitor (10), a control unit (18) is connected to a sensor unit (14) in the steam turbine (12) which has a conductance sensor (30), pressure sensor (34) and temperature sensor (32) to measure conductance, pressure and temperature in the steam turbine (12). A heating coil (40) is further provided to vary the temperature of the sensor unit (14). If conductance is detected by the conductance sensor (30), then the temperature is obtained from the temperature sensor (32) and compared by the control unit (18) to a saturation temperature calculated based on pressure readings from the pressure (34). If the temperature exceeds the saturation temperature by a predetermined amount, the control unit (18) indicates the presence of sodium hydroxide on a display unit (29). However, if the temperature does not exceed the saturation temperature by the predetermined amount, then either sodium hydroxide or sodium chloride could be present. In this case, the steam purity monitor (10) is heated by the heating coil (40) to a predetermined superheat level at which only sodium hydroxide would exist in a liquid solution. After heating, if conductance is no longer detected by the conductance sensor (30), sodium chloride is indicated. If conductance continues to be detected after heating, then sodium hydroxide is indicated.

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