Organics 2012

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Preceedings available

The preceedings of the 2nd EPRI/PPChem Conference "Interaction of Organics and Organic Plant Cycle Chemicals with Water, Steam and Materials," November 4–6, 2008, Lucerne, Switzerland, are available from Ladi Bursik

January 2012 - Editorial

Dear readers:

You are reading the first 2012 issue of the PowerPlant Chemistry journal. It is the first issue of our fourteenth volume. In 2012, we will continue to support readers on all continents and supply them with the most up-to-date information about the latest developments in the power plant chemistry area, just as we have for the last thirteen years. It is our main concern to continue to help that small community of a much-endangered species, the power plant chemist.

The focus of the first January paper, authored by Shunsuke Uchida, Masanori Naitoh, Hidetoshi Okada, and Hiroaki Suzuki, is on the latest activities in Japan in establishing water chemistry guidance involving water chemistry standards, guidance documents, and their supporting documents for nuclear power plants with boiling and pressurized water reactors (Water Chemistry Guidance in Nuclear Power Plants in Japan).

This time, the second contribution comes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Mahmoodur Rahman, Abdul-Ghani I. Dalvi, Ashfaq K. Rabbani, Saad A. Al-Sulami, Faisal Z. Mandili, Hani M. Al-Khaledi, and Bandar Al-Jowdi report on efforts to reduce boiler internal corrosion and stack emissions when burning heavy residual fuel oil containing ~ 3.5 % sulfur (Application of Fuel Additives to Reduce Corrosion and Stack Emissions in Saline Water Conversion Corporation's Boilers).

In my comments for the last 2011 journal issue, I stated that cycle chemistry treatment concepts based on film-forming amines are attracting increased attention due to their advantageous properties. This is reflected in the increasing number of paper submissions on this topic. In the current issue, Holger Topp, Wolfgang Hater, Andre de Bache, and Christian zum Kolk report on studies related to the influence of film-forming amines on boiling behavior and heat transfer, on oxidic protective film formation, and on critical operating conditions (boiling crises or burn-outs). Do read this interesting paper (Film-Forming Amines in Shell Boilers).

The article authored by Kal Farooq deals with a very different topic: condensate filtration. Advances in filtration technology in recent years have made the deployment of filtration a viable means for the control of crud and the prevention of its introduction into the boiler and the ion exchange resin beds. Kal Farooq presents case studies where novel disposable filter cartridges have helped operators in reducing corrosion product transport into the boiler, in particular during unit startup (Upgrade of Condensate Filtration Systems with High Efficiency Disposable Filters).

As every year, in the January issue abstracts of the articles published in this journal in the first half of the previous year are presented. The second half of the abstracts will appear in the February issue. All the 2011 articles – as well as all older articles published in the period 1999–2010 – can be ordered by an e-mail addressed to info@waesseri.com.

On May 21–23, 2012, the Third International Conference "Interaction of Organics and Organic Cycle Treatment Chemicals with Water, Steam, and Materials" will take place in Heidelberg, Germany. PowerPlant Chemistry is sponsoring this conference as it did the first two conferences dedicated to the same topic. Mark this event in your calendar!

That's all. Remain true to us and do not forget: the best source of the latest information on power plant chemistry is a subscription to our journal.

Albert Bursik, Editor