BS 2486:1997
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Recommendations for treatment of water for steam boilers and water heaters
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English
15-02-1997
Foreword
Specification
Section 1 - General
Section 2 - Water quality requirements for boilers
Section 3 - External water treatment
Section 4 - Removal of gaseous impurities
Section 5 - Boiler water conditioning
Section 6 - Condensate treatment and purification
Section 7 - Corrosion and deposit control
Section 8 - Water-side protection of idle boilers
Annexes
A (informative) - Methods of expressing concentrations
of impurities in water
B (informative) - Typical analyses of treated water
C (informative) - Steam purity, carryover, foaming and
priming
D (informative) - The principal sources of contamination
requiring condensate purification
List of references
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