What is priming in a boiler?
What is priming in a boiler? Boiler water carry-over is the contamination of the steam with boiler-water solids. Priming is the carryover of varying amounts of droplets of water in the steam (foam and mist), which lowers the energy efficiency of the steam and leads to the deposit of salt crystals on the super heaters and in the turbines. How Internal treatment is being done to the boiler? Common internal chemical feeding methods include the use of chemical solution tanks and proportioning pumps or special ball briquette chemical feeders. In general, softening chemicals (phosphates, soda ash, caustic, etc.) are added...